Quotes About Insight

Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.

That which is given free is never knowledge. It may be information....but knowledge does not come in that manner.

Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise.

A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.

Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.

Learning how to learn involves examining assumptions. Mulla Nasrudin tales very often fulfil this funcition.

Learning without action is like wax without honey. (Anwar-i-Suhaili)

With enough information, it is almost impossible "not" to predict people's action.

What is sometimes thought to be clever is, significantly often, merely an advanced form of foolishness.

People are always trying to understand. There is only one way to do that. It is to discover < + i + >why< + i + > you want to understand.

The mine is always bigger than the gem.

When you realise the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge

The more wakeful a man is to the things which surround him, the more asleep is he, and his waking is worse than his sleep.

What you are seeking in your retreat, I see clearly in every road and alleyway.

You can learn more in half an hour's direct contact with a source of knowledge (no matter the apparent reason for the contact or the subject of the transaction) than you can in years of formal effort.

A man's capacity is the same as his breadth of vision.

It is as true as anything else which can be spoken to say that all knowledge is really available everywhere.

A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work. (Hafiz)

The secret protects itself. It is found only in the spirit and practice of the Work.

There is no wisdom where there is no common sense: it cannot under those conditions find any expression.

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza Wisdom: Something you can learn without knowing it.

The Sufis,' runs the saying, 'understand with their hearts what the most learned scholars cannot understand with their minds

Muchas cosas que son llamadas "secretos" son únicamente cosas que les son negadas a la gente hasta que puedan comprenderlas o efectivamente vivenciarlas.

Learn about hornets from those who have been stung by them.