Quotes About Insight

It always takes awfully long time to understand unbelievably simple things.

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.

...Don't let me ever hear you say, 'I can't read fiction. I only have time for the truth.' Fiction is the truth, fool! Ever hear of 'literature'? That means fiction, too, stupid.

Ask the young. They know everything.

As an advice columnist, I spend a lot of time reading through psychology journals to ensure that I give the most up-to-date advice.

Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world

Time puts things in proper perspective.

If you would know what a cat is thinking about, you must hold its paw in your hand for a long time.

Just taking the time to look at children and understand them is what everyone needs.

For some time now, I have been encouraging people to ask themselves why things look the way they do.

Counting pairs is the oldest trick in combinatorics... Every time we count pairs, we learn something from it.

He who understands Archimedes and Apollonius will admire less the achievements of the foremost men of later times.

Never run from what you don't understand, as it will be waiting for you every time you come to a stop.

Each time we see and are touched by the expression of some eternal principle, we catch a sweet glimpse of some aspect of our True Self.

I see all. I hear all. I know all. And I spend a great deal of time in the bathroom.

The more time I spend with our people, the more I find out about our business.

The best introduction to the psychological world of one of the most important and gifted writers of our time.

The greatest gift children can give you is that, for the first time, you're not the center of your own universe.

We miss extra bits of knowledge that can add value to our lives. We sort of lack empathy because we're multitasking all the time.

Big breakthrough ideas often seem nuts the first time you see them.

We study history not to be clever in another time, but to be wise always.

Experience teaches us only one thing at a time - and hardly that, in my case.

It is a waste of time to see people who have only a social surface to show. I will make every effort to find out the real person, but if I can't, then I am upset and cross. Time wasted is poison.

He who would foresee what is to happen should look to what has happened: for all that is has its counterpart in time past.