Quotes About Insight

Was this what it meant to have the eye? To be able to discern a distinction in quality so subtle as to be invisible to the man on the street?

To judge between good or bad, between successful and unsuccessful would take the eye of a God.

It is unfortunate that we try to solve the simplest questions cleverly, and therefore make them unusually complicated. We should seek a simple solution.

Man will only become better when you make him see what he is like.

It is a poor thing for the writer to take on that which he doesnt understand.

Look for the whole story and you'll get a lot closer to the truth.

The relationship between the calm absorption of meditation and insight is captured with a simile: just like we would not be able to see our reflection in a bowl of water that had been mixed with a dye, or was bubbling over a fire, or was muddy or had algae growing in it, in the same way we need a calm mind to see things clearly.

If you have known someone your whole life, you can see them in the dark.

Cuando conoces a alguien desde hace mucho tiempo, puedes verlo hasta en la oscuridad.

Había cerrado los ojos... era más fácil sentir con los ojos cerrados.

Where there is a stink of shit there is a smell of being.

I used to be scared of women. When I was very young they terrified me, but discovering the female universe was incredible and still is to this day, as you never stop learning about them.

Experience can only be achieved from mistakes, mistakes can only be achieved from stupidity, and stupidity can only be achieved from experience.

El ojo que ves no es ojo porque tú lo veas, es ojo porque te ve.

The eye you see is not an eye because you see it; it is an eye because it sees you.

Tras el vivir y el soñar, está lo que más importa: despertar.

I liked to put young and old in the same room, because they would certainly have different takes on the same problem.

A veces uno no se da cuenta de las cosas más obvias si alguien no le llama la atención sobre ellas.

Era asombrosa la amplitud de lo que uno mismo era capaz de no ver tan solo empeñándose en una ceguera más rigurosa todavía porque era voluntaria.

because her sharp intelligence allowed her to understand the extent of what she hadn't learned.

Only Judith's presence expanded his capacity for seeing, opened his eyes to things he wouldn't have noticed without her.

Dado que el mundo es de una complejidad pavorosa, una buena historia de ficción lo simplifica y lo hace inteligible. La ficción ayuda a largo plazo a poner las cosas en su sitio. Al final, lo que sabemos de las sociedades lo sabemos a través de ella a lo largo del tiempo.

If you do not raise your eyes you will think that you are the highest point.

We tear life out of life to use it for looking at itself.