Quotes About Insight

the answer you may be seeking, to the questions which have caused you to ponder over the strangeness of life, maybe found in your own mind

POWER may be defined as "organized and intelligently directed KNOWLEDGE.

It is not sufficient to deny or ignore evil; it must be understood. It is not enough to pray to God to remove the evil; you must find out why it is there, and what lesson it has for you.

The man who can intelligently use the knowledge possessed by another is as much or more a man of education as the person who merely has the knowledge but does not know what to do with it. The

observes and analyzes accurately what the prospective buyer does and says, but also what the prospective buyer does not do or say.

A better definition of a genius is, "a man who has discovered how to increase the intensity of thought to the point where he can freely communicate with sources of knowledge not available through the ordinary rate of thought.

A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see

We tend to use knowledge as therapy.

The problem of knowledge is that there are many more books on birds written by ornithologists than books on birds written by birds and books on ornithologists written by birds

More data—such as paying attention to the eye colors of the people around when crossing the street—can make you miss the big truck.

Prediction, not narration, is the real test of our understanding of the world.

You do not want to win an argument. You want to win.

A good book gets better at the second reading. A great book at the third. Any book not worth rereading isn't worth reading.

much of what other people know isn't worth knowing.

A good book gets better on the second reading. A great book on the third. Any book not worth rereading isn't worth reading.

there is something in nature you don't understand, odds are it makes sense in a deeper way that is beyond your understanding.

T]he worst thing one can do to feel one knows things a bit deeper is to try to go into them a bit deeper.

It takes considerable effort to see facts (and remember them) while withholding judgment and resisting explanations. And

Perhaps the wise one is the one who knows that he cannot see things far away.

To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week's newspapers.

Never ask the doctor what you should do. Ask him what he would do if he were in your place. You would be surprised at the difference.

Our propensity to impose meaning and concepts blocks our awareness of the details making up the concept. However

When the person is highly intelligent, he can astonish you with the most far-fetched, yet completely plausible interpretations of the most innocuous remark. If

My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism.