Quotes About Insight

For now, poetry has the capacity - in its own ways and by its own means - to remind us of something we are forbidden to see.

One of the great functions of art is to help us imagine what it is like to be not ourselves, what it is like to be someone or something else, what it is like to live in another skin, what it is like to live in another body, and in that sense to surpass ourselves, to go out beyond ourselves.

Theory-the seeing of patterns, showing the forest as well as the trees

You either have the charisma, the knowledge, the passion, the intelligence - or you don't.

When I don't understand things, I become passionate to understand.

The computer is your passport, not only to the future but to knowing what's going around you.

As a pastor, I've spent 30 years talking to people and heard every kind of story imaginable.

Pastors need to know what's going on in the world and what has been going on for 4,000 years. We need a way to read Scripture which is imaginative, interpretive.

I learned a lot about America and a lot about Pat Schroeder, and that's why I will not be a candidate for President.

I allow my intuition to lead my path.

My favorite question is 'Why?' I think it can be really helpful - I also think it can be annoying to people at times; I'll admit that. But I really do try to understand why are we approaching it this way, does it makes sense, is this the right answer, why is it the right answer, are there other paths to getting there, could those be better.

Genius is patience.

Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication; this, joined with patience and kindness, will seldom fail with the natives of the interior.

What separates old from the young is experience and patience.

When you've lived as long I've lived, you see things from a bigger lens, and you try to share that with the young guys coming up, including being patient.

In America, we have to learn to be patient enough to figure out what somebody is saying. Somebody might actually be saying something.

I have seen the healthcare system from many angles, including as a patient.

We can learn something from every single medical interaction. Every case, every patient has a lesson to teach us.

The most important thing is to stay smart and patient.

I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.

I've been woken up by things like the MeToo movement. I didn't realize how much of the patriarchy was ingrained within my spirit.

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the same pattern, but in different colors.

I thought I was going nowhere. Now I can see there was a pattern.

I think I can see more clearly now - about how the pattern of past experiences has shaped who I am and the characters I have played - and I'm grateful for that.