Quotes About Insight

The true birthplace is that wherein for the first time one looks intelligently upon oneself; my first homelands have been books, and to a lesser degree schools.

The written word has taught me to listen to the human voice, much as the great unchanging statues have taught me to appreciate bodily motions. On the other hand, but more slowly, life has thrown light for me on the meaning of books.

Le véritable lieu de naissance est celui où l'on a porté pour la première fois un coup d'oeil intelligent sur soi-même: mes premières patries ont été des livres.

I would have made a very crappy book heroine.

Los hilos que hacen nacer los sentimientos son muy sutiles. Nadie podrá darte razón de ellos. Las cosas pasan, simplemente, y no hagas esfuerzos inútiles por racionalizarlas.

Mom, you know what? I just realized you have a knack for making people disappear. [Lella's son catches on!]

I wondered at him, so wise and so foolish, to have lived with me all these months and not know that the worst storms break inside a man.

a man's character should be weighed along with his counsel.

I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.

BesideCother art to be learned -- not to see what is not.

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us; and the more we gain, the more is our desire. The more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.

We cannot create observers by saying 'observe ' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.

Hindsight's a bitch, isn't it?

Nem vágytam én arra, hogy tájékoztass a valóságról.

A shroud lies ahead and behind many truths. Reality is (sometimes) a glass wall no ray of light reaches.

As truth reality contains a large amount of imagination; in some cases, of lack of imagination.

Carefully weighted wisdom costs less.

I burned too bright. I saw too much.

Marianne Faithfull

We empower ourselves through knowledge.

Among animals, one has a sense of humor.Humor saves a few steps, it saves years.

Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity.

Psychology which explains everything, explains nothing.

Blessed the geniuses who know that egomania is not a duty.