Quotes About Insight

Gamache had patiently explained, over and over, over the years, that he was doing something. He was thinking. It had taken Beauvoir years to see the power of pausing. And of patience. Of taking a breath to consider all options, all angles, and not simply acting on the most obvious.

Ironic, really, that from a blind they should suddenly see so clearly.

She'd found that most boys, even some not very bright men, understimated women.

four sentences that lead to wisdom.

It had taken Beauvoir years to see the power of pausing. And of patience. Of taking a breath to consider all options, all angles, and not simply acting on the most obvious.

What is essential is invisible to the

Florida and figure it out.

One of Gilbert's favorite quotes was from Henry David Thoreau. The question is not what you look at, but what you see.

Gamache in anger. "He knew that's

There is always another story / There is more than meets the eye.

Though the duck looked bleary. But then, ducks often did.

first two were obvious.

The blindness you mention isn't believing in the essential goodness of people, it's failing to see it.

Oscar Wilde said there's no sin except stupidity.

Your vast well of ignorance is finally paying off.

he understands," said Gamache quietly, as though

How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. Armand wondered if Florence understood that line from The

Ha, she thought, he gets it. He'd given her one of the key statements in response. She quickly went through the other statements, the ones that lead to promotion. I forget, I'm sorry, I need help and what was the other one? 'I don't know.

heart. And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Well, maybe her need to be right will be tempered by her curiosity.

Henry David Thoreau. The question is not what you look at, but what you see.

I know what I'm doing," said Armand. "And I know an epitaph when I hear it.

There are four statements that lead to wisdom.