Quotes About Insight

Take no heed of her, explained Jones apologetically. She reads a lot of books.

The people to listen to are the ones who don't say very much

Keep your head down, Edward. Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all.

Those that can be troubled to muse upon the meaning of life are generally disappointed when they figure it out.

That's insane.' 'If you look around, you won't find much that isn't.

The circumstances of confusion will be your path to enlightenment' - Thursday Next

Those that see to much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all.

Those that see too much quickly find themselves seeing nothing at all.

I watched her leave, smiling to myself. I thought I knew my mother but I didn't. Children rarely know their parents at all.

Que la mitad de una novela la pone el que la escribe, y la otra mitad el que la lee.

A veces tengo la impresión de que escribo para entender la vida

Nunca he entendido por qué tengo que leer sobre cosas que no han pasado cuando puedo leer sobre cosas que pasan de verdad. La poesía es eso, lo que pasa de verdad.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

An amazing thing, the human brain. Capable of understanding incredibly complex and intricate concepts. Yet at times unable to recognize the obvious and simple

Yet I had invested nothing up front. It was just a matter of recognizing that one person's distress is another person's opportunity.   When

An endless number of these unmade connections exist to this day, especially in the business world. You are surrounded by simple, obvious solutions that can dramatically increase your income, power, influence, and success. The problem is, you just don't see them. I

2. The unconscious mind is much smarter than the conscious mind.

guerrillas show their letters to a child because kids can often see the obvious before adults can.

Egy magánkönyvtár a jellemanalízis kincsesbányája.

And as he feels himself falling asleep he has an insight he believes is important, which he hopes he will remember in the morning, although it is one of those thoughts that seldom survive translation to the language of daylight hours

That's what I like about a well-educated man. If he contemplates the obvious long enough, he finally gets a clue.

You read those pop-psych books?" "I was engaged to a psychologist for a while a year and a half ago. You hang out with shrinks, you pick up a few things." "Nothing contagious, I trust.

When you find nothing, Morris said, it means you're eliminating what surrounds the something. Is that a Zen thing? Eve questioned. If not, it should be.

True realism consists in revealing the surprising things which habit keeps covered and prevents us from seeing.