Quotes About Insight

To learn that one has said or done a foolish thing, that is nothing; one must learn that one is nothing but a fool, a much more comprehensive and important lesson.

Bizim en büyük bildiÄŸimiz ÅŸeyleri, doÄŸan?n o konudaki son s?n?rlar? sayar?z.

Als ik mijn mening te berde breng, is dat om te laten zien hoever mijn blik reikt, niet wat de reikwijdte van de dingen is.

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

Da más quehacer interpretar las interpretaciones que dilucidar las cosas; y más libros se compusieron sobre los libros que sobre ningún otro asunto: no hacemos más que entreglosarnos unos a otros. El mundo hormiguea en comentadores; de autores hay gran carestía. El

Om te oordelen over grote en verheven zaken, moet je zelf op dat niveau staan, anders projecteer je er je eigen gebreken op. In het water lijkt een rechte roeispaan krom. Het is niet alleen van belang of je een ding ziet, maar vooral hoe je het ziet.

But between ourselves, let me say that there are two things I have always observed to go hand in hand: super-celestial opinions and sub-terrestrial morals.

Knowledge is not for knowing, knowledge is for cutting.

only philosophy can go deep enough to show that literature goes still deeper than philosophy

Often to understand, we have to look into emptiness.

It's always easier,' he offered at last, 'when you feel these things yourself; seeing them in other people reveals just how ugly they are.

How wonderful that we have met with paradox. Now we have some hope of making progress. —NIELS BOHR

You can always spot the scientist at a strip club, because he is the only one examining the audience.

Cuando le enseñaron a la esposa de Einstein el colosal observatorio y le dijeron que el telescopio estaba determinando la forma definitiva del universo, ésta respondió sin inmutarse: «Mi marido lo hace en el reverso de un sobre usado».

Just because it makes no sense doesn't mean it's not good advice.

Awareness makes all the difference.

Nuestras emociones actúan como un filtro a través del cual vemos el resto del mundo.

Miró al cielo de nuevo y se dio cuenta de que no son las estrellas las que crean la luz, sino que es la luz la que crea las estrellas.

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.... — John Lennon

Había descubierto que era un espejo para los demás, un espejo en el que podía verse a sí mismo.

you see the nonsense behavior of humans, and it becomes amusing. What for everyone else is a big drama, for you becomes a comedy.

Let us proceed, keeping in mind that fear makes us deaf to truth.

There is no worse blind man than the one who doesn't want to see. There is no worse deaf man than the one who doesn't want to hear. And there is no worse madman than the one who doesn't want to understand.

La consciencia es la habilidad para ver lo que hay, y nunca es demasiado tarde para abrir los ojos.