Quotes About Insight

I have no more sense of what goes on in the mind of mankind than I have for the mind of an ant. Come to think of it, this might be a good place to start.

Down on my knees / I peel back the layers of the world.

ethical conduct (??la), meditative stabilization (sam?dhi), and wisdom (vipa?yan?).

He who neglects to drink of the spring of experience is likely to die of thirst in the desert of ignorance.

Beauty persists. Which, as truths go, complicates all we need to know.

The less people think of you, the more they will reveal to you or in your presence.

I watched people like a scientist watches an experiment. Never did I feel like I was looking in a mirror. Always did I feel I was here and they were there.

You suppose you are the trouble But you are the cure You suppose that you are the lock on the door But you are the key that opens it Rumi

Tragedy made you petty and spiteful. It didn't give you any great knowledge or insight. She didn't understand a damned thing about life except that it was arbitrary and cruel, and some people got away with murder while others made one tiny, careless mistake and paid a terrible price.

She found that the less she thought, the more often she found simple truths appearing right in front of her.

People thought that tragedy made you wise, that it automatically elevated you to a higher, spiritual level, but it seemed to Rachel that just the opposite was true. Tragedy made you petty and spiteful. It didn't give you any great knowledge or insight. She didn't understand a damned thing about life except that it was arbitrary and cruel, and some people got away with murder, while others made one tiny careless mistake and paid a terrible price.

She generally felt that the advice she offered was superior to the advice she received. Other people's problems were so simple; one's own problems tended to be so much more nuanced.

Didn't the stupid man realize that he no longer had the power to send anyone to their room?

was funny how she'd always thought she had ample supplies of empathy; it turned out that to be truly empathetic she had to experience it.

Hindsight,' said her father. 'It's always just a fraction too late.

She'd learned that with her daughters. Don't say a word. Don't ask a question. Give them enough time and they'll finally tell you what's on their minds. It was like fishing. It took silence and patience. (Or so she'd heard.

People thought that tragedy made you wise, that it automatically elevated you to a higher, more spiritual level, but it seemed to Rachel that just the opposite was true. Tragedy made you petty and spiteful. It didn't give you any great knowledge or insight.

Hindsight, it's always just a fraction too late.

You suppose you are the trouble But you are the cure You suppose that you are the lock on the door But you are the key that opens it

It seemed like everything he was feeling was right there in his eyes—a hint of nerves, a touch of laughter. No

All babies had that same wise look, as if they'd just come from another realm where they'd learned some beautiful truth they couldn't share.

le hubiera leído el pensamiento.

People thought that tragedy made you wise, that it automatically elevated you to a higher, more spiritual level, but it seemed to Rachel that just the opposite was true. Tragedy made you petty and spiteful. It didn't give you any great knowledge or insight. She didn't understand a damned thing about life except that it was arbitrary and cruel,

There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.