Quotes About Insight

If you can't figure out something... don't watch what you think, watch what you do.

These words rolled over Suzanne with a swiftness, as though something true had been said but she couldn't catch it.

There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.

My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.

To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.

Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.

Nothing in life is more exciting and rewarding than the sudden flash of insight that leaves you a changed person, not only changed, but for the better

Active minds that think and study, Like swift brooks are seldom muddy.

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

Do not shun this maxim because it is common-place. On the contrary, take the closest heed of what observant men, who would probably like to show originality, are yet constrained to repeat. Therein lies the marrow of the wisdom of the world.

Experience is the extract of suffering.

We look at a picture throughout our lives, we listen to a piece of music throughout our lives, we read a book time and again throughout our lives, as we should do—especially the scriptures—and it is different each time. Something else comes in. We see something else there that we never saw before, because we are a different person each time we experience a work of art.

Common sense tells us that we can understand and navigate our way through that reality, and common sense tells us that the more we know about that outside world, the better we can act on it, both as individuals and as members of a community.

a mind broadened by rigorous understanding of theory, but also steeped in the nuances of actual practice.

De rede biedt ons vele mogelijkheden tegelijk. De intuïtie kiest daaruit feilloos de beste. Wanneer je dit onthoudt kun je je niet meer vergissen en zul je altijd de juiste keuze maken.

Het heeft weinig zin te blijven studeren op een plattegrond die je zelf hebt getekend.

We learn, when we learn, only from experience, and then we only learn from our mistakes. Our successes only serve to reinforce our superstitions.

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.

The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

Some of the greatest discoveries...consist mainly in the clearing away of psychological roadblocks which obstruct the approach to reality; which is why, post factum they appear so obvious.

To do successful research, you don't need to know everything, you just need to know one thing that isn't known.

He could even talk about painting, and that's more than can be said of most painters.

The two most common elements in the world are hydrogen and stupidity.

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