Quotes About Insight

The more I have known the more have I lov'd.

Fino a che una cosa non ci ammala, non la capiamo.

Do not all charms fly / At the mere touch of cold philosophy?

Schiller needed the scent of apples rotting in his desk in order to write. I, too, have my needs.

How come God has to make it so tough for you?" "We must not question His ways," Ignatius said. "Maybe not, but I still don't get it." "The writings of Boethius may give you some insight." "I read Father Keller and Billy Graham in the paper every single day." "Oh, my God!" Ignatius spluttered. "No wonder you are so lost.

After all, I do not believe that one must necessarily scrape bottom, as it were, in order to view his society subjectively. Rather than moving vertically downward, one may move horizontally outward toward a point of sufficient detachment where a modicum of creature comforts are not necessarily precluded.

I thought that the vibrissae about my nostrils detected something unique while I was outside.

There is an old saying, or should be, that it is a wise economist who recognizes the scope of his own generalizations.

I can measure the motions of bodies," Sir Isaac Newton once observed, "but I cannot measure human folly.

Le verità lapalissiane dell'economia non hanno verità scopritori; esse sono evidenti a chiunque abbia occhi per vedere.

And in unraveling the complex we should always be careful not to overlook the obvious. John Kenneth Galbraith - The Affluent Society.

Paul and I know each other on a lot of different levels that very few people know about.

Only by trying on other people's clothes do we find what size we are.

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see

Es tan ciego porque sólo ve lo que quiere ver.

Lako je živjeti zatvorenih o?iju, ne shva?aju?i ono što vidiš...

semakin banyak yang kau lihat, semakin sedikit yang kau tahu.

Common sense is like oxygen: the higher you go, the thinner it gets.

Complexity fully rendered would take too long and contain too much, thereby entangling judgment. Complexity as what you want or expect would only confirm what you think you know. You need something in between.

requiere cierta «visión de conjunto» que revele el significado y la relevancia de cada una de las partes. Los atenienses perdieron esa «visión de conjunto» en Sicilia. La asamblea

existiera y nuestro terapeuta fue Tucídides.

y Tolstói están, por tanto, más cerca de lo que parece y nosotros tenemos la suerte de asistir a sus seminarios siempre que queramos.

la simplicidad coexiste con la complejidad y puede guiarnos con éxito con ella.

abrirnos a la posibilidad de que, al menos en algunos aspectos, fueron más sabios que nosotros».[55]