Quotes About Insight

Some of the finest moral intuitions come to quite humble people. The visiting of lofty ideas doesn't depend on formal schooling.

Is this true or only clever?

If you learn from a loss you have not lost.

We [the Moderns] are like dwarves perched on the shoulders of giants [the Ancients], and thus we are able to see more and farther than the latter.

Professionals give advice; pilgrims share wisdom.

... I have read in your face, as plain as if it was a book, that but for some trouble and sorrow we should never know half the good there is about us.

On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows.

One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

When you are nearer, you will understand how much your eyesight is deceived by distance. Therefore, push yourself a little harder.

Understanding is the other name of love. If you don't understand, you can't love.

The child is the father of the man.

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.

where the telescope ends the microscope begins, and who can say which has the wider vision?

Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding.

Those who don't understand their personal legends will fail to comprehend its teachings.

Knowledge is power, wisdom is power with a purpose.

No human being live a blank life that is thoughtless, therefore you are what you learned on your life time.

It is not enough to acquire knowledge. Common-sense is paramount. Sadly, it is not in every knowledgeable person's shed.

You know that I know that I know that you know that I know my path.

Excellence is sum total of three E's - Education, Experience, and Exposure

Knowledge can be acquired from others. Understanding is your own.

You have to Learn to know yourself, before you can know what you need to Learn.

It will soon make sense with some reasonable research and reading...ti's all in there, somewhere... find it!!