Quotes About Insight

In conversation keep abreast of what is being said, and, in every effort, of what is being done. In the latter see from the first to what end it has reference, and in the former be careful to catch the meaning.

Train thyself to pay careful attention to what is being said by another and as far as possible enter into his soul.

Many such things will strike him, things not credible to the many, but which come to him alone who is truly familiar with the works of Nature and near to her own heart.

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Accustom yourself to attend closely to what is said by others, and as far as possible to penetrate into the mind of the speaker.

Simply put, this is one insight we heard echoed by tens of thousands of great managers: People don't change that much. Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in. That is hard enough.

This can be both a blessing and a curse. You are blessed with a wonderfully unique filter but cursed with a systematic inability to understand anybody else's.

The secret to living a strong life is right in front of you, calling to you every day. It can be found in your emotional reaction to specific moments in your life.

As oblivious as we can be to our own strengths, it's even easier to ignore the particular and unique strengths of others.

To state the obvious, how we see is to a large extent the product of what we have seen.

And I took it for granted that he knew all of these things about himself.

John Dominic Crossan wrote in the concluding chapter, "Mine Eyes Decline the Glory," of his wonderful memoir, A Long Way From Tipperary [2000]. I'll just read this:

To put that threefold summary into three phases, there was to Jesus, first, a Spirit dimension, second, a wisdom dimension, and, third, a justice dimension.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error

Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

It's not by strength or speed or swiftness of body that great deeds are done, but by wisdom, character, and sober judgment.

No one can be a sound judge if he does not give due weight to convincing suspicions.

There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Age nunc, refer animum, sis, ad veritatem, [...].