Quotes About Insight

Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened." —WINSTON CHURCHILL

Power comes not from power everywhere, but from knowing where to put it on.

because people who talk about their dreams are actually trying to tell you things about themselves they'd never admit in normal conversation. It's a way for people to be honest without telling the truth.

Observing someone without context amplifies the experience. The more we know, the less we are able to feel.

Science fiction tends to be philosophy for stupid people.

I tend to equate sadness with intelligence.

His talent was appearing to understand obvious realities that other people could not see, expressed with the kind of self-assurance that can only come from extreme wealth.

It's impossible to understand the world of today until today has become tomorrow.

The step of obedience always precedes revelation. That pattern is evident all through the Scripture.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close up.

Real smarts begin when you quit quoting other people……..

How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?

Stanislavski was right, you can find fresh pain every time you discover what you pretty much already know.

I know this because Tyler knows this.

The problem with every story is you tell it after the fact.

Now this is the first rule of fight club: There is nothing a blue collar Nobody in Oregon with a public school education can imagine that a million-billion people haven't already done...

You become smart when you don't need to quote someone anymore. I am still stupid: I quoted Chuck Palahiniuk

Screw the idea of inventing monsters. Here, we just had to look around. Pay attention.

Call me the voice of ex­pe­ri­ence.

Real smart begins when you quit quoting other people.

Our real discoveries come from chaos. From going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up. The

His Highness looks at Denny and says, "Those glasses you're wearing, do you need them?" "Only to see with," Denny says.

That would be like breaking a mirror for showing you the truth.