Quotes About Insight

He saw things in a way that others did not, so that a city I had lived in all my life seemed a different place, so that a woman became beautiful with the light on her face.

Well, I don't live in New York and I don't pretend to understand the way the theater works there.

Self-awareness is the process of getting to know yourself from the inside out and the outside in.

Emotions serve an important purpose—they clue you into things that you'll never understand if you don't take the time to ask yourself why.

People high in self-awareness are remarkably clear in their understanding of what they do well, what motivates and satisfies them, and which people and situations push their buttons.

Social awareness is your ability to accurately pick up on emotions in other people and understand what is really going on with them.

It was occurring to Reuben that people, especially adults, are rather quick to dismiss small mysteries, to assume that they have simply misunderstood or failed to observe something, and to go on about their business.

And where most people see mirrors, you, my friend, see windows. By which I mean there is always something beyond the glass. You have seen it and will always see it now, though others may not. I would have spared you that vision at such a young age. But it's been given you, and it will be up to you to decide whether it's a blessing or a curse.

Sights, smells, temperature changes—all sorts of stuff. We notice it without consciously thinking about it. He says we may not be paying attention, but our brains are recording and processing it all the same, and these… these observations, or whatever you want to call them, make up a pattern. So if you're good with patterns, the way Mr. Benedict says I am, you can sometimes predict things.

It's a journal, Reynard. Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know.

It's natural that you feel as you do, Reynie. There is much more to the world than most children—indeed, most adults—ever see or know. And where most people see mirrors, you, my friend, see windows. By which I mean there is always something beyond the glass.

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Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know.

There is much more to the world than most children -- indeed, most adults -- ever see or know. And where most people see mirrors, you, my friend, see windows. By which I mean there is always something beyond the glass. You have seen it and will always see it now, though others may not. I would have spared you that vision at such a young age. But it's been given you, and it will be up to you to decide whether it's a blessing or a curse.

Los labios de la sabiduría están cerrados, excepto para los oídos del entendimiento.

We all desire to be understood, but no one enjoys being obvious.

There is a learning quality in all of our shows.

Wisdom and knowledge is everywhere, but so is stupity.

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Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present.

The point is to be free, not to be crazy.

We call things we don't understand complex, but that means we haven't found a good way of thinking about them.

Suffering does amazing things to people, they become very different in a very short period of time, in many cases, they get a lot wiser an alot braver and become very much more worth listening to.

Magazine journalism is worth remembering. They're mostly gone now, but for a long time magazines played a significant role in the life of the country. If you wanted to understand what the rest of the world was like, you read magazines.