Quotes About Insight

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other very well.

Aphorism: a concise, clever statement. Afterism: a concise, clever statement you don't think of until too late.

A good maxim is never out of season.

An aphorism is a single sentence that totally exhausts its subject.

Quotations can be a comedy or a drama, tell of the whole world or just a small piece of it.

REALITY, n. The dream of a mad philosopher.

How often must I tell you that we are made wise not by the recollections of our past, but by the responsibilities of our future.

He whose science exceedeth his sense, perisheth by his ignorance.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny..."

You have the Answer. Just get quiet enough to hear it.

Some people never have reflections unless they stand before a mirror.

Silence is a fence around wisdom.

Silence is the parent of wise thoughts, — the mark of a well composed mind.

When the people look like ants — pull, When the ants look like people — pray.

the wisdom of spiritual direction is precisely that we refuse to stand between God and the person who so needs to hear God for himself, for herself.

To put it bluntly, people who are out of touch with their emotions are out of touch with God, for God speaks to us through the ebb and flow of our emotional lives.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

Lies in meinen Augen, was ich dir nicht alles sagen kann.

A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.

Der Blick, des Forschers fand nicht selten mehr, als er zu finden wünschte.

Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you see can inspire you

Lissy always thought she knew everything.

Sometime perhaps you will learn that prejudice often blinds people to some of the rarest things in life. I often wonder if we don't miss out that way in trying to learn about God and things of the other world.

Las mujeres han comprado libros escritos por hombres desde siempre, y se dieron cuenta de que no eran acerca de ellas. Pero continuaron haciéndolo con gran interés porque era como leer acerca de un país extranjero. Los hombres nunca han devuelto la cortesía".