Quotes About Insight

Nothing is more surprising or frightening than what one already knows.

Books are mirrors - you only see in them what you already have inside you

Wise men think and speak alike.

A story is a letter the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.

I libri sono specchi: riflettono ciò che abbiamo dentro.

Un livre est un miroir ou nous trouvons seulement ce que nous portons déjà en nous

No confío en la gente que cree tener muchos amigos. Es señal de que no conocen a los demás.

Everything we need to know is written in the great book of nature," Corelli agreed. "We only need the courage and the mental and spiritual clarity with which to read it.

Bücher sind wie Spiegel: Man sieht in ihnen nur, was man schon in sich hat.

normalmente se permite a los muchachos vivir en la ignorancia del verdadero rostro del mundo hasta bien entrada la juventud, pero temo que vosotros no tendréis ese dudoso privilegio.

Usted eso ahora no lo entiende, porque es joven. Pero con el tiempo verá que lo que cuenta a veces no es lo que se da, sino lo que se cede.

Three heads think better than two, especially if the third one is mine.

God?gi sakot, es par sieviet?m neko daudz nezinu. - Zin?t nezina neviens: ne Freids, ne ar? vi?s pašas, bet tas ir t?pat k? ar elektr?bu, nevajag zin?t, k? t? darbojas, lai dab?tu pa pirkstiem.

que inventen ellos, que nosotros opinaremos. Unamuno

He would stare at you without saying a word, and you wouldn't know what he was thinking, and so, like an idiot, you'd tell him things it would have been better to keep to yourself.

Tonterías lo son todo en esta vida. Es simplemente una cuestión de perspectiva.

Les livres sont des miroirs, et l'on n'y voit que ce qu'on porte en soi-même

A könyvek olyanok, mint a tükör: mindenki azt látja bennük, amit a lelkében hordoz.

Ksi??ki s? lustrem: widzisz w nich tylko to co, ju? masz w sobie.

Books are mirrors, you see in them what you already have inside you.

Isn't that why people write - to gain a better understanding of themselves and of the world?

A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell him things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside.

Los libros son espejos: sólo se ve en ellos lo que uno ya lleva dentro - La Sombra del Viento, Carlos Ruíz Zafón