Quotes About Insight

Miss Brill had often noticed there was something funny about nearly all of them. They were odd, silent, nearly all old,and from the way stared they looked as though they'd just come from dark little rooms of even, even cupboards!

Se había convertido en toda una experta, pensó, en escuchar como si no escuchara, en penetrar fugazmente en las vidas de las personas que hablaban a su alrededor.

She's not crazy; she's just educated... Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.

It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you.

noticed it at first by the profound feeling of being exposed

Go to your heart. Listen. There is the wisdom.

Tis said that wisdom comes to those who seek it." -Christopher

But the joke is on us: what we think we are only 'getting through' has the power to change us, just as we have the power to transform what seems meaningless—the endless repetitions of a litany or the motions of vacuuming a floor.

Like an exasperating but invaluable friend, the Bible keeps bringing me back to my senses, often in bracing (and comical) ways.

No matter what passes, for good or ill, it is always better to know.

He was uncannily skilled at dissecting hidden meaning behind every interaction.

I am ashamed of anyone who has eyes and still can't see.

I am ashamed of anyone who has eyes and still cannot see. (Mrs. Plithiver)

Mairi cupped her daughter's face in her hands. "There are things ye believe, lass, and things that are true. Someday, mayhap, ye'll learn to know the difference.

I want to explain my mistakes. This means I do only the things I completely understand. —Warren Buffett

the first things to consider when viewing a painting are the title and subject matter.

The only thing a person can never have too much of is common sense.

Everytime you read, you are walking among the dead, and, if you are listening, you just might hear prophecies.

The wise man reads both books and life itself. - Lin Yutang

Im studying jerkoffs in the wild," Ben answered dryly. "This seemed like a good chance to view one up close.

It's not what you know, it's when you know it.

It wasn't as if she was a silly, naive miss who knew nothing of the way of things--heaven knows, she had been to Boston!

Two things should have become readily apparent to you by now: First, I'm not the brightest bulb in the pack when it comes to obvious things, and second ... well, it's the same as the first.

Exactly. You might not be the sharpest apple in the barrel, but you do have your wicks lit when it matters.