Quotes About Insight

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But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

David J. Ridges

it is a response to a reality beyond us. Far from being trapped in tribal illusions, we are liberated by transcendent truths.

Ex Scientia Lux Lucis (From Knowledge Comes Enlightenment)

I'll just quote myself for now; actually, I'll quote what a good friend of mine, David Jenkins responded to a post I made when I was feeling 'pissy.' "Deep thoughts (come) from a deep well. Society is useful because when we see ourselves reflected through others we can gain a deeper understanding of ourselves." ~ David Jenkins, 2013

For they were unseasoned, nor inured, not knowing this to be much less than the beginning of sorrow.

1. Anticipate what's going to happen.

Reading is, by its nature, a strategy for displacement, for pulling back from the circumstances of the present and immersing in the textures of a different life.

Sometimes the best ideas occur to you while your mind is occupied with something completely different.

Gut feeling is often a better tool than all the psychological theories in the world.

I like stupid questions," Rimmer said. "They allow one to feel intelligent for once.

Thank you, dear doctor, for curing me of my delusions. But what do you have to offer me instead?

That is no doubt the disadvantage of having intelligent friends. They see straight through you.

Sometimes the best ideas occur to you while your mind is occupied with something completely different. Pieces of the puzzle can suddenly fall into place.

paraphrase Confucius, real knowledge is finding out the depths of one's own ignorance.

There is no off position on the genius switch.

There is no off position on the genius

I dream with open eyes,' he answered, looking around at the door, 'and others see my dreams. That is all.

a good book teaches the reader how to read it.

Sometimes you make your mistakes with your eyes wide open.

To lack intelligence is to be in the ring blindfolded.

A dramatic experience concerned with the mundane may inform but it cannot release; and one concerned essentially with the aesthetic politics of its creators may divert or anger, but it cannot enlighten.

We respond to a drama to that extent to which it corresponds to our dream life.