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Quotes About Insight

In fondo, per 'aprire gli occhi', basta vivere a lungo.»
~ Yasunari Kawabata
Una persona sabia es aquella que sabe cómo hacer simples los asuntos más complicados.
~ Yehuda Berg
A wise person is one who knows how to make complicated matters simple.
~ Yehuda Berg
You can observe a lot just by watching.
~ Yogi Berra
You can be very wild and still be very wise.
~ Yoko Ono
Mais les livres représentaient-ils la vie ou ne cherchaient-ils qu'à nous en consoler?
~ Unknown
dyslexics often have a great sense of proportion. They make good sculptors.
~ Yvon Chouinard
Some people might be born with a predisposition to better judgment, but the rest of us, I believe, have to grow wiser by hard work.
~ Unknown
I did come out with two invaluable intimations. Talking to yourself can be useful. And writing means being overheard.
~ Zadie Smith
One just has to look at the thing from a perspective that interests you personally.
~ Zadie Smith
I didn't understand yet that the beauty was part of the boredom.
~ Zadie Smith
The shit is *not* the shit (this was Mo's mantra,) the *pigeon* is the shit.
~ Zadie Smith
The shit is not the shit, the pigeon is the shit.
~ Zadie Smith
He'd turned to me, red-faced, and asked: 'If we were flying to Europe and you wanted to know what France was like, would it help if I described Germany?
~ Zadie Smith
It looks backward, at the past, and it learns from what's gone before. Some people never learn." My
~ Zadie Smith
She noticed the most important thing of all, which is the dance lesson within the performance.
~ Zadie Smith
Oh, there was a certain pleasure. And don't ever underestimate people, don't ever underestimate
~ Zadie Smith
They'd met people like me before. They knew how little reality we can take.  Ã¢â'¬Â¢ Ã¢â'¬Â¢ Ã¢â'¬Â¢
~ Zadie Smith
A writer's duty is to register what it is like for him or her to be in the world.
~ Zadie Smith
i libri sono specchi in cui troviamo solo ciò che abbiamo dentro di noi, e (...) la lettura coinvolge mente e cuore, due merci sempre più rare.
~ Unknown
Beatriz Aquilar : i libri sono specchi in cui troviamo solo ciò che abbiamo dentro di noi, e (...) la lettura coinvolge mente e cuore. - L'ombra del vento
~ Unknown
les livres sont des miroirs,et l`on n y voit que ce qu`on porte en soi-meme.
~ Unknown
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
~ Zen Master Dogen
She stood there until something fell off the shelf inside her. Then she went inside to see what it was.
~ Unknown