Quotes About Insight

When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door.

The best way to look at the soul is through closed eyes.

He who does not weep does not see.

On ne lit pas impunément des niaiseries

There is lucidity inspired by the nearness of the grave:to be close to death is to see clearly

Clearly, he had his own strange way of judging things. I suspect he acquired it from the Gospels.

The reflection of a fact is in itself a fact.

As we see, he had a strange and peculiar way of judging things. I suspect that he acquired it from the Gospel.

In a little town, there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.

where there are many mouths which talk, and very few heads which think.

Books are remote but reliable friends.

It is a shame that I am ignorant, otherwise I would quote to you a mass of things; but I know nothing.

Philosophy is the microscope of the thought.

A man's eye reveals his quality. It shows how much of a man there is within us. We declare ourselves by the light that gleams under our eyebrows. Petty spirits merely wink; great spirits emit a flash of lightning.

Blind is he who will not see!

Always and everywhere people are to be found who have seen everything.

Jean Valjean opened his eyes and looked at the bishop with an expression which no human tongue can describe.

One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.

Se ignora lo que se debe saber, y se sabe lo que se debería ignorar.

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.

Je vois de la lumière neuve (I see a new light)

But the work of the wise is one thing and the work of the merely clever is another.

Assim como só nas entranhas da Terra se acham os diamantes, assim somente nas entranhas do pensamento se encontram as verdades.

you are looking at a plain man and I am looking at a great man. Each of us may benefit.