Quotes About Insight

Ralph also took some classes in philosophy and literature and felt himself on the brink of some kind of huge discovery about himself. But it never came.

Philosophy makes progress not by becoming more rigorous but by becoming more imaginative.

All knowledge is worth having

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

We've become a race of Peeping Toms. What people ought to do is get outside their own house and look in for a change. Yes sir. How's that for a bit of homespun philosophy?

Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock: each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing, only when everything is in place does the door open.

Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

A true philosopher is married to wisdom; he needs no other bride.

We call it drunk philosophy. You have a few beers and you become a lot smarter.

Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it.

When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don't have in my mouth.

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.

Philosophy consists mostly of kicking up a lot of dust and then complaining that you can't see anything.

Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see.

The cause of laughter is simply the sudden perception of the incongruity between a concept and the real project.

How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabb

I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.

he who thinks great thoughts often makes great errors

What is your aim in philosophy? To show the fly the way out of the fly-bottle.

Philosophy is the product of wonder.

Things always become obvious after the fact

When people begin to philosophize they seem to think it necessary to make themselves artificially stupid.

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things that have no features