Quotes About Insight

Juger c'est, de toute évidence ne pas comprendre puisque, si l'on comprenait, on ne pourrait pas juger.

People judge what they do not understand

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.

The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.

The art of reading is in great part that of acquiring a better understanding of life from one's encounter with it in a book.

La lectura de un buen libro es un diálogo incesante, en que el libro habla y el alma escucha.

You know everything you need to know about people when you see their faces at the moments of your greatest triumph.

Past and future monopolize the poet's sensory and intellectual faculties, detached from the immediate spectacle. These two philtres become utterly clear the moment one stops being hypnotized by the cloudy precipitate constituted by the world of today.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

He discovered that lack of sight confuses the ear.

Dance is a place I go to know myself and the world experientially and intellectually.

SCIENTIA POTENTIA EST Ã¢â'¬â€œ Wissen ist Macht

But in your eyes I capture "what the bleep" From the poem Tour of Duty by Andreas Simic

There is no greater fool than the fool that cannot recognize another. Andreas Simic

Poetry is an awareness of the world, a particular way of relating to reality.

If you look for a meaning, you'll miss everything that happens.

Releasing contracted thoughts through insight is completely natural. When a child is scared of monsters in the dark, you don't teach him to relax, breathe, or cope. You turn on the lights.

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" but "That's funny.… " —Author and former biochemistry professor Isaac Asimov

So another thing I learn is that Sherlock Holmes always finds the right clue, and I don't.

THINGS NOT SEEN chapter

Like I said before, I'm ten now, so I've had some time to figure out some stuff.

Because books do that—they make us lose some ignorance, and lose some fear. And losing fear might mean losing some anger, too.

One of the most extraordinary things about being a spiritual teacher is the rare privilege of being able to look deeply into the very souls of many human beings at the same time.