Quotes About Insight

The story is much bigger than they ever thought it was. He says to his nephew Richard, you cannot tell people just part of the tale and then stop, or just tell them the parts you choose. They have seen their religion painted on the walls of churches, or carved in stone, but now God's pen is poised, and he is ready to write his words in the books of their hearts.

A photographer's main instrument is his eyes. Strange as it may seem, many photographers choose to use the eyes of another photographer, past or present, instead of their own. Those photographers are blind.

Poema de beco Que importa a paisagem, a Glória, a baía a linha do horizonte? -O que vejo é o beco.

Era, encara que no ho semblés, molt més llest que jo, perquè sempre són més llestos aquells que estan disposats a prescindir del nostre consentiment.

I felt the need to tell stories to understand myself.

If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself. If you want to know the theory and methods of revolution, you must take part in revolution. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience.

Te dan sabiduría los libros, porque retratan el alma de las personas, te ayudan a pensar, a reflexionar a ver la vida desde distintos puntos de vista, a darte cuenta de tus fallos, a descubir tus propios sentimientos, a buscar tu camino...

Fools never learn from their mistakes; Smart people learn from their mistakes; Wise people learn from other people's mistakes.

In order to remain relevant, you must establish yourself as a thought leader in your industry.

But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.

The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies.

La incomprensión del presente nace fatalmente de la ignorancia del pasado

Je croyais voir des choses invisibles aux yeux des autres, j'étais encore plus aveugle qu'eux.

Les gens ne font déjà pas attention aux autres, alors à leurs ombres...

Keira avait raison, le plus petit détail réveille la douleur

Como se de se

Every book is a self help book to me. Just having them makes me feel better...Reading is like a drug. When I am reading from these books it feels like I am thinking what is being read, and that gives me a rush.

Here our best guide is once again the Venerable Bede,

Le sage, le bon général ou le médecin clairvoyant est celui qui sait voir et lire là où les autres ne voient encore rien.

Si je perdais ma bibliothèque, j'aurais toujours le métro et l'autobus. Un billet le matin, un billet le soir et je lirais les visages. [in Citations de Marcel Jouhandeau]

je levais la main et je demandais des explications

The real voyage of discovery consists of not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

There is not a woman in the world the possession of whom is as precious as that of the truths which she reveals to us by causing us to suffer.

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.