Quotes About Insight

After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her.

A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last.

After a few years of marriage, a man can look right at a woman without seeing her — and a woman can see right through a man without looking at him.

And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men; whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them.

Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity.

El mundo que vemos refleja simplemente nuestro marco de referencia interno:

A miracle is a shift in perception. ["A Course In Miracles", a metaphysical text]

A glass devil is a person in whom evil becomes transparent. People simply don't see it, despite the fact that it's there all the time.

Before the soul can see, the Harmony within must be attained, and fleshly eyes be rendered blind to all illusion.

Awareness is key, and we need to apply our best judgment and intuition to each situation.

Feedback tells us how we are really being perceived, so if we are not getting it, we need to ask for it.

But she had learned that it was smart not to reveal that all her senses were in full working order; instead, she allowed people to act in accordance with their own preconceptions. This was often a useful source of information, and Maud could form her own opinion of the person and the situation.

The difference between a wise person and a foolish person is that the wise one does not repeat his mistakes,

We are no longer supported by the wise counsel and deep insight of the oracle; therefore we no longer find our way through the mazes of fate and the obscurities of our own natures.

When all is said and done, a single word, "understanding," is the beacon light of our studies —MARC BLOCH

You think you know everything about a person, but the truth often comes as a surprise.

Among all the nonsense, mistakes, and bad ideas we come up with, maybe some truth will sneak in.

The wisest fool in Christendom [James I of England].

An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis.

A philosopher worthy of the name has never said more than a single thing: and even then it is something he has tried to say, rather than actually said. And he has said only one thing because he has seen only one point: and at that it was not so much a vision as a point of contact.

For me photography is to place head and heart and eye along the same line of sight. It's a way of life.

Photographier : c'est mettre sur la même ligne de mire la tête, l'oeil et le coeur.

Chim picked up his camera the way a doctor takes his stethoscope out of his bag, applying his diagnosis to the condition of the heart. His own was vulnerable.

Introducing the idea of beauty as a salve and of aesthetics making something difficult accessible.