Quotes About Insight

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

Those who desire only techniques will never understand this art. It is everything beyond that

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

The desire to reach hearts is wise

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

The desire to seem clever often keeps us from being so.

Unobstructed access to facts can produce unlimited good only if it is matched by the desire and ability to find out what they mean and where they lead.

I understand - and often make fun of - the desire to run to the wall text before running to the painting.

We desire to understand the world by giving names to the things we see, but these things are only the effects of something subtle.

Use your unconscious mind to read other people's intents, emotions, and desires.

To foretell the destiny of a nation, it is necessary to open a book that tells of her past.

What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.

It seems that great minds a hundred years ago saw what would happen today or tomorrow, while we to whom it is happening blind ourselves in order not to be disturbed in our daily routine.

Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is.

Few things are as stimulating as other people's calamities observed from a safe distance.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

Wise men have interpreted dreams, and the gods have laughed.

Learn from your dreams what you lack.

It now seemed to me that all my other guesses had been only self-pleasing dreams spun out of my wishes, but now I was awake.

I almost think there is no wisdom comparable to that of exchanging what is called the realities of life for dreams

The most pathetic person in the world is some one who has sight but no vision.

When my vision is numbed by apathy and narrowed by mediocrity, I can stand in the presence of great things and fail to see even the smallest of things.

May you find what you are looking for and realize it is not the answer.

An "eye" on the vision is more important than an "I" on the vision.