Quotes About Insight

Unless some long-lost trove of letters or ' a forgotten diary turns up, I believe that we probably .now know.all

Errors carry the keys to your salvation.

Errors should free you from the prison of your ignorance rather than shackle you to your lowest moments.

There is something to be gained with each misstep that is ultimately understood.

I've found out why people laugh. They laugh because it hurts so much . . . because it's the only thing that'll make it stop hurting.

it is almost always the case that whatever has wounded you will also be instrumental in your healing.

Our minds perform magic all the time. (p. 212)

find the right words for your troubles, and your troubles become half-joys.

Our practice is not to clear up the mystery. It is to make the mystery clear.

Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.

Right thinking comes from being aware of the truth or the reality of any situation.

We all see only that which we are trained to see.

I'm not usually sold on epiphanies. I am more interested in the opposite experience: not those rare moments of startling insight or realization, but-what I suspect are more common-those sudden flashes of anxious confusion and bewilderment.

Poor knowledge and misguided expectations lead to a lot of bad decisions.

Cognitively, grasp of just one concept is the sound of one hand clapping.

Once we can directly experience something without the contamination of judgment or evaluation, our reflections on that experience are much richer and more meaningful.

The value of mapping is that it allows us to understand, plan, and communicate about some experience or phenomenon without having to actually "be there.

Both our opinions are rooted in our experience," I said. "Both of them are true, it's just that we've had different experiences.

People who begin sentences with "I may be old-fashioned but—" are usually not only old-fashioned but wrong.

without knowing what is funny, one is constantly in danger of being funny without knowing it.

Victor Hugo said it well. 'To understand all is to forgive all.

Sometimes, when I am reading, the way a person has phrased his truth is as important to me as the truth itself.

The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.

A holiday cocktail party is where some stranger will learn more about you in an hour than your spouse has learned in a lifetime.