Quotes About Insight

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers the most from its own limitations.

The information revolution will lead us through a knowledge revolution to the wisdom revolution.

Full oft we see Cold wisdom waiting on superfluous folly.

A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.

The eye is a menace to clear sight, the ear is a menace to subtle hearing, the mind is a menace to wisdom, every organ of the senses is a menace to its own capacity.

It takes extraordinary wisdom and self-control to accept that many things have a logic we do not understand that is smarter than our own.

The wisdom of others remains dull till it is writ over with our own blood. We are essentially apart from the world; it bursts into our consciousness only when it sinks its teeth and nails into us.

All the words of wisdom sound the same.

Wisdom is sold in a desolate marketplace where none can come to buy.

Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.

... but the greatest wisdom is blinded by the glare of vanity.

Was not this ... what we spoke of as the great advantage of wisdom -- to know what is known and what is unknown to us?

Paul Brunton's Notebooks are a veritable treasure-trove of philosophic-spiritual wisdom.

Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.

Genuine wit implies no small amount of wisdom and culture.

The mountain is a mirror, where climbers look to find themselves. They discover their frailty, take heart from their strengths, drink deep of the insights.

Wonder is the beginning of all wisdom.

Wisdom - meaning judgment acting on experience, common sense, available knowledge, and a decent appreciation of probability.

Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.

It is wisdom to know others. It is enlightenment to know oneself.

Beauty and wisdom are rarely conjoined.

It takes a great deal of living to get a little deal of learning.

A wise man can and should stand above his times, not so the poet, but he should be their apex.

Wisdom is the repose of the mind.