Quotes About Insight

The man who sees consistency in things is a wit; the man who sees the inconsistency in things is a humorist.

Psychoanalysis is confession without absolution.

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It is that they can't see the problem.

People wonder why the novel is the most popular form of literature; people wonder why it is read more than books of science or books of metaphysics. The reason is very simple; it is merely that the novel is more true than they are.

The best historian is he who combines knowledge of the evidence with the largest intellect, the warmest human sympathy and the highest imaginative powers.

In the twinkling of an eye a veil is lifted; and you see with other eyes and hear with other ears and are given another understanding.

To know means to know all. Not to know all means not to know. In order to know all, it is only necessary to know a little. But, in order to know this little, it is first necessary to know pretty much.

Real art is knowledge not talent.

In this connection, it is interesting to remark that I, as well as many others, noticed that when he himself used these sayings in conversation, it always seemed to every hearer that they could not have been more apt or better put, but that if anyone else made use of them, they seemed to be entirely beside the point or improbably nonsense.

In this connection, it is interesting to remark that I, as well as many others, noticed that when he himself used these sayings in conversation, it always seemed to every hearer that they could not have been more apt or better put, but that if anyone else made use of them, they seemed to be entirely beside the point or improbable nonsense.

A large section of the intelligentsia seems wholly devoid of intelligence.

And who are the true philosophers? Those who love the sight of truth.

La mélancolie est une maladie qui consiste à voir les choses comme elles sont.

The first man who compared a woman to a rose was a poet, the second, an imbecile .

The first man who compared woman to a rose was a poet, the second, an imbecile

Je crois pouvoir dire à son air qu'il trouvait que j'étais quelqu'un qui vaut la peine d'être vécu.

Prostia, în sens major ?i grav, este r?mânerea necritic? a proiectului propriu

L-am intrebat de ce citeste la nesfarsit pe marii ganditori ai lumii devreme ce nu vrea sa publice nimic? "Pentru ca nu vreau decat sa inteleg. Nu vreau sa mor bou." a fost raspunsul. Cei mai multi dintre noi traim fara sa fi inteles nimic. Sau, mai rau inca, fara sa ne fi propus sa intelegem ceva.

I like directors who have worked as actors. They know the experience.

When she told me it was her favorite, it suggested to me strange and wonderful things about her character that I had not guessed, dark places that I might like to visit. People tell boring lies about politics, God, and love. You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book?

A programmer is a diviner of possible outcomes, and a seer of unseen worlds.

All women are many women! I'm afraid you've never known very much about women.

People tell boring lies about politics, God, and love. You know everything you need to know about a person from the answer to the question, What is your favorite book? —A.J.F.

It was as if she were a mathematical proof that had eluded him for many years, but all at once, with fresh, well-rested eyes, the proof had a completely obvious solution.