Quotes About Insight

It was getting to be the best conversation she ever had. She had always thought the only way to have conversations like that was in your head. Then

Most people, no matter how brilliant, are vessels. Once you come to the end of what is interesting in them, you can touch the side of the jar. There will be nothing afterward but repetition of what you have learned already. It might take a night, a year, or half a lifetime, but once you can reach the side of the vessel, a good part of the larger feeling is gone.

Consciousness, that blunt tool, bucks in the general direction of the truth. Instinct plucks the feather.

All you need do is nod. I already know nine parts in ten of what he will say, but it is like fishing. Be patient, and you will get what you came for.

It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the characters breathe.

I had heard that verse many times but in a flash of insight realized that one of the keys I had missed was that hadn't trained my mind to believe, to think positively, to have faith in either God or myself.

the more I seek, the less I find.

it's not just learning that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.

For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.

it's not just learning that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.

You can swim all day in the Sea of Knowledge and still come out completely dry. Most people do.

You often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than right for the wrong reasons.

They walked for a while, all silent in their thoughts, until they reached the car and Alec drew a fine telescope from his shirt and handed it to Milo. Carry this with you on your journey, he said softly, for there is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye. Through it you can see everything from the tender moss in a sidewalk crack to the glow of the farthest star — and, most important of all, you can see things as they really are, not just as they seem to be. It's my gift to you.

My goodness', thought Milo. 'Everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.

And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer.

And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer.

You often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.

I wouldn't eat too many of those [half-baked ideas] if I were you. They may look good, but you can get terribly sick of them. -Tock

The Under-secretary of Understanding.

My goodness," thought Milo, "everybody is so terribly sensitive about the things they know best.

I)t's not just learning things that's important. It's learning what you do with what you learn and learning why you learn things at all that matters.

I)t's not just learning things that's important. It's learning what you do with what you learn and learning why you learn things at all that matters.... what you learn today, for no reason at all, will help you discover all the wonderful secrets of tomorrow.

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Alec drew a fine telescope from his shirt and handed it to Milo. "Carry this with you on your journey," he said softly, "for there is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye. Through it you can see everything from the tender moss in a sidewalk crack to the glow of the farthest star—and, most important of all, you can see things as they really are, not just as they seem to be. It's my gift to you.