Quotes About Insight

Generally we study too much and think too little.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of Wisdom.

Thinking in its lower grades, is comparable to paper money, and in its higher forms it is a kind of poetry.

I try to dig deep into the well of my subconscious. At a certain moment in that process, the lid is opened and very different ideas and visions are liberated. With those I can start making a film. But maybe it's better that you don't open that lid completely, because if you release your subconscious it becomes really hard to live a social or family life.

The eye has knowledge the mind cannot share

To know where I'm going you must know where I've been!

There are many who talk on from ignorance rather than from knowledge, and who find the former an inexhaustible fund of conversation.

Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings.

for only the eye of sincerity can see. The eye of curiosity has the cataract of doubt, and is blind already.

What does it mean to become spiritual, or godly? It means to have a higher view of life, to look at life from a higher point of view. It is the high point of view in life which ennobles the soul; it is by a broad outlook on life that spiritual aristocracy is realized.

There is a perfect wisdom working continually day and night. The mystic sees it in everything with open eyes; and that is the great miracle.

Vom Standpunkt des Weisen aus betrachtet, ist die menschliche Natur kindisch. Befindet man sich in einer Menschenmenge und betrachtet diese wie ein/e Zuschauer/in, wird man viele Kinder miteinander spielen sehen. Sie spielen und kämpfen, sie nehmen sich gegenseitig etwas weg, und sie ärgern sich über sehr unwichtige Dinge. (S. 119)

understanding why we are susceptible to such illusions can provide insight into the risks of hyper-novelty.

The truth was always out there, you just had to find it.

You have the ability to find all the answers--if you let yourself do so.

Like the rest of the world, they seemed to have figured out something I didn't know - where they'd come from, where they were going - and moved on.

The least intelligent person carries the most epic message in their eyes.

Giddy's answer did not surprise her, even as it did. Knowing and not knowing.

Find ways to develop self-awareness so you know what you do well... you do a thousand things brilliantly, and if you don't know what they are you aren't going to be able to become a true evaluator of your own work or other people's.

There's always more to the story, Catriona," She replied. "That's the wonderful thing about stories.

Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses.

What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech.

A man's life is often builded on a proverb.