Quotes About Insight

A person who does not know the history of the last 3,000 years wanders in the darkness of ignorance, unable to make sense of the reality around him

Tak, od razu ka?dy pomy?li: po co nam w to nos wtyka?? Wszak szyja le?y tu? ko?o nosa.

Non c'è niente da capire, basta guardare.

This world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.

You cannot see everything with your eyes. Sometimes you have to look in here. - Christina

Everything around you is a reflection of who you perceive yourself to be. Be the change you want to see.

The wise understand without judging. The ignorant judge without understanding.

Gratitude is the beginning of wisdom. Stated differently, true wisdom cannot be obtained unless it is built on a foundation of true humility and gratitude.

Books represent the accumulated workings of the human mind, the endless treasures of man's thoughts.

I can no longer remember the books I have read than the meals I have eaten, but they have made me.

That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than he has seen.

It's not what happens to people on the page; it's about what happens to a reader in his heart and mind.

Era a sensação que eu tinha - era o que sentia. Quando eu tinha seis anos, eu tinha a sensação de que eu era aquele que tinha que observar as coisas para as pessoas, que tinha que ver as coisas para as pessoas, que se eu não fizesse isso, então elas não seriam vistas.

illuminated where I stood so I could better see myself and the world around me, and then he took that light and held it out so I could see the footholds and ledges I would need to reclaim a productive life.

Nothing substitutes for what can be found when we embrace the world of books.

Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.

Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage amongst his books. For to you Kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned by the flicking of a finger … LESSONS: Anonymous

Find what's hot, find what's just opened and then look for the worst review of the week. There is so much to learn from watching a restaurant getting absolutely panned and having a bad experience. Go and see it for yourself.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

It is only when mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.

A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love...

You must have crossed the river before you may tell the crocodile it has bad breath.

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousand truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut up to them, and so they bring us nothing, but sit and sing a while upon the roof and then fly away.

A book that is shut is but a block.