Quotes About Insight

Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool, But you yourself may serve to show it, That every fool is not a poet.

If men could learn from history, what lessons it might teach us. But passion and party blind our eyes, and the light which experience gives us is a lantern on the stern, which shines only on the waves behind us.

Deep thinking is attainable only by a man of deep feeling, and all truth is a species of revelation

The first skill to develop for sensing energy is the ability to pay attention. Learn how to observe others by being silent. You know what it is like to sit back and watch. Observe any area about which you want more information without judgment or having any opinions or preconceived ideas about it. As you think intently about something, you will begin to receive guidance, ideas, and new thoughts about the issue.

I mean, you can talk about anything that's been talked about a million times, but if it's your experience and your point of view, you can always bring something new to it.

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I WANT EVERYONE to understand that no book and no doctor is a substitute for one's own sensitive contemplation and careful observations. Books with their ready-made formulas have dulled our vision and slackened the mind. Living by other people's experiences, research, and opinions, we have lost our self-confidence and we fail to observe things for ourselves.

Spiritual intuition alerts us when we sense that something is not right or when we just "know" this isn't the person for us or the place for us to be in. We know these things without any overt knowledge or concrete information as to why we know them.

If we want to truly live, at some point, we find the dark facts of psychic life demand our full attention.

The world will probably not look brighter after we've eaten, but we'll be able to see in the dark better." She

I think we are a product of all our experiences.

The bodhicitta (spirit of enlightenment) starts arising when one sees what a mess we are all in. One can't begin to see that until one is a little way out of the mess oneself.

Foundations of Mindfulness found in the Satipa??h?na Sutta of the Majjhima Nik?ya?

A thing that is pleasant to a tramp is often believable to a caveman.

Truth is only belived when someone has invented it well.

not one girl I think who looks on the light of the sun will ever have wisdom like this

Even the wise need wisdom.

Most people wouldn't know the truth if it bit them in the ass and paid for the privilege.

I wasn't just wrong. I was wrong in such a vast and specific way that I felt like the punchline of a cruel joke.

The truth is a funny thing," Constance said. "Just when you think you've got a hold on it, it slips away.

Men were so obtuse about things they didn't want to think about it.

Or perhaps all those things you missed upon first glance mean much more than you could ever guess.

There's a lot you can't tell about people, looking in from the outside" -Hanna

If a little voice in your head is telling you something is up, maybe you should listen.