Quotes About Insight

Ever hold your hand over a torch (sorry, a flashlight for you Americans).

Intelligence won wars, not brute force.

Ah, but I'm wise ," Athena said. "Wise enough to make you do it instead.

Athena always, always has a plan.

I was wondering how you got all that out of a single moooooo

If You Understand What Happens in This Chapter, Please Tell Me, Because I Have No Clue

so mortals tend to see only what they can understand.

Meg peered at me over the top of her glasses. "You're the dumbest god ever

Something comes cheap, it ain't worth much. That's true for knowledge especially.

Sometimes, even Loki can be right.

While it is wise to learn from experience, it is wiser to learn from the experiences of others.

The way you see your life shapes your life.

Imagine how much needless frustration could be avoided if we learned from each other's life lessons. Mature people develop the habit of extracting lessons from everyday experiences.

I know," Ursula said, "it's like the Emperor's new clothes.

by reading book after book (the only reliable otherworlds I've discovered so far).

anthroposophy, spiritualism. Everyone needs to make sense

And sometimes, too, she knew what someone was about to say before they said it or what mundane incident was about to occur—if a dish was about to be dropped or an apple thrown through a glasshouse, as if these things had happened many times before. Words and phrases echoed themselves, strangers seemed like old acquaintances.

I heard someone say once that hindsight was a wonderful thing, that without it there would be no history.

Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. JOHN 8:32

Sometimes," Perry said, "saying nothing can be your strongest weapon.") Juliet, and perhaps Juliet alone, had begun to sense Godfrey's impatience. She had learned to read between the lines. But wasn't that where the most important things were said?

She felt as if a mist had been lifted from her eyes, enabling her to look upon and comprehend the significance of life, that monster made up of beauty and brutality.

I always feel so sorry for women who don't like to walk; they miss so much - so many rare little glimpses of life; and we women learn so little of life on the whole.

However, I don't mind walking. I always feel so sorry for women who don't like to walk; they miss so much—so many rare little glimpses of life; and we women learn so little of life on the whole.

A certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her,--the light which, showing the way, forbids