Quotes About Insight

How complete, whole, undivided seeing comes about is a mystery. Any formulation or method we invent will eventually get in our way. It's as if everything we learn must be instantly left behind.

A reader lives 1000 lives before he dies.

Los pequeños detalles muestran la extensión de lo que no sabes

There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after clue it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear.

And if I have hoped for more it is only the whole of loneliness swept away by understanding from "Excerpts from a Secret Prophecy

Cultural shifts happen on a different level; they come into view only when we step back enough to see a bigger picture changing over time. A newspaper photograph viewed through a magnifying glass may appear only as tiny dots. When it seems as if our lives and choices are like those dots, it can be difficult to recognize their contribution to a bigger picture of change.

Later, they began to explore the secret idea that Deborah shared with all the ill—that she had infinitely more power than the ordinary person and was at the same time also his inferior.

The dead know everything but they don't give a damn.

No one knew better than he how an understanding of poetry depends on an understanding of the poet's universe.

The only real elegance is in the mind; If you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

You think you know that someone sees you one way, and barely at all, and then you realize that they see you in another. That was the night I realized (She) had seen- really seen- me all along.

You think you know that someone sees you one way, and barely at all, and then you realize that they see you in another. That was the night I realized Tiger Lily had seen- really seen- me all along.

The act of writing... is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books.

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

He's an intricate, mesmerizing puzzle; I only succeeded at putting the pieces together because for once in my life I observed. I stopped talking long enough to listen - really listen - not just to what's said, but also to everything that goes unspoken.

Something occurs to me. "Have you ever tried writing something from Astrid's point of view?

Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.

The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know. Still, the struggle itself is worthwhile. Knowledge is the root of power, after all.

All an arsehole knows about is shit. ~ Dogman

the more you learn the more you understand the size of your own ignorance.

Winning teaches you nothing," said Tunny. "You see what a man really is when he loses.

If a man seeks to change the world, he should first understand it.

What distant star had to explode to seed our world with inspiration?

You don't get it, god-bothered dude!