Quotes About Insight

Sanderson, who was also blind, gave excellent lectures on colour, and taught others the theory of ideas which they had and he had not. In the social sphere these gifted ones are mostly women; they can watch a world which they never saw, and estimate forces of which they have only heard. We call it intuition.

In ogni innamorato c'è sempre una forza enorme che non ha finché è un uomo libero; ma nell'uomo libero c'è un'ampiezza di vedute che cercheremmo invano in un innamorato. Dove c'è molta parzialità ci sarà sempre anche una certa ristrettezza mentale, e l'amore, sebbene comporti maggiori emozioni, comporta anche minore perspicacia. (Via dalla pazza folla)

Wisdom lies in moderating mere impressions

The best fiction is truer than history

Gledaju?i samo kakva Tessa nije, on nije opazio kakva ona jest, te je zaboravio da nepotpuno može biti ljepše nego ?itavo.

His experience of women was great enough for him to be aware that the negative often meant nothing more than the preface to the affirmative;

Her refusal, though unexpected, did not permanently daunt Clare. His experience of women was great enough for him to be aware that the negative often meant nothing more than the preface to the affirmative.

Attraverso l'esperienza dice Roger AScham troviamo una via breve dopo un lungo errare. Non di rado questo lungo errare ci rende incapaci di sostenere un ulteriore viaggio; e allora di che utilità è la nostra esperienza?

To write a novel, you begin with what you can see and then you add what came before and what came after. ...You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it.

Every person is worth your time, Hannibal. If at first appearance a person seems dull, then look harder, look into him.

Curious how things can work on you even when you recognize them.

Monsters know when they are recognized, just as bores do.

Sometimes Crawford's tone reminded Starling of the know-it-all caterpillar in Lewis Caroll.

I can tell him what you've said." "He'll ignore it. And Buffalo Bill will go on and on. Wait until he scalps one and see how you like it. Ummmm Ã¢â'¬Â¦ I'll tell you one thing about Buffalo Bill without ever seeing the case, and years from now when they catch him, if they ever do, you'll see that I was right and I could have helped. I could have saved lives. Clarice?

if she looked deeply where the dark sucks in the sparks, she might see something useful. She thought she might see glee. Thank

One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind. —ALPHONSE BERTILLON

When you are writing a novel, you aren't making it up. The story is already there. You just have to find it.

I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.

Concerning the first, there is a saying much usurped of late, That Wisedome is acquired, not by reading of Books, but of Men.

how extremely stupid not to have thought of that

I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more. ( Letter to John Banister, Jr., June 19, 1787)

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

He who knows best knows how little he knows

History, by apprising [the people] of the past, will enable them to judge of the future.