Quotes About Insight

Look closely at wisdom – there is a very small space between "wiz" and "dumb" -

One is not superior merely because one sees the world as odious.

One is not, my dear sir, a superior man merely because one sees the world in an odious light. One only hates mankind and life itself through failing to look deeply enough.

there are no fruitful speculations outside of reality.

That woman was always very good at not seeing what was in front of her. In my experience, people who lie to themselves long enough don't even know when they're blind.

in that moment Archie realised that Gretchen had never told him anything, never let him see anything that she didn't want him to know. She had always been in control. She had always been one move ahead.

Feelings are the lights on the dashboard of life!

Sometimes, everyone is right. Not always and not even usually, but once in a while, everyone is right.

The body knows. When your heart sinks. When you feel sick to your gut. When something blossoms in your chest. When your brain gloriously pops. That's your body telling you the One True Thing. Listen to it.

The complicated thing about friends is that sometimes they are totally wrong about us and sometimes they are totally right and it's almost always only in retrospect that we know which is which.

Thinking deeply about your choices and actions from the stance of your future self can serve as both a motivational and a corrective force.

There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know.

just close your eyes and remember everything you already know.

One of the things that happens a lot is you get to see how many times things happen, literal things happen and how they are completely metaphors for where you are. It's like a mirror is being held up just about an inch to your face.

I can't help but quote the former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, who quite wisely said: "There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know.

It's a useful way to see what's there. A lot of times, it isn't much.

The mission of literature is to tell us who we are."—Cheryl Strayed @CherylStrayed

Travel by foot. There is so much you can't identify at top speed.

Being seen through, with wisdom and detachment. And being found, not to have a big booger hanging out of his nose, but to be of some mysterious value.

Figuring out women is harder than topping a ManPro Quiz.

I feel everyone who has a chance should step out of India for a while to really see what it is like out there.

Girls never tell you anything straight out anyway. You have to interpolate and extrapolate their responses to figure out what's on their mind.

Custei a aprender que para conhecer uma cidade, melhor que percorrê-la em ônibus de dois andares é se fechar num aposento dentro dela. Não é fácil, e eu sabia que entrar em Budapeste não seria fácil.

With few words one can speak the truth.