Quotes About Insight

Sometimes you can't see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.

Untruth yields to truth" A maxim from "Audacht Morainn," an ancient Irish wisdom text.

Men are changed in accordance with what they contemplate.

Before men can be truly wise, they must realize their dependence upon God, and be filled with His wisdom.

Ninguna cosa que de alguna manera afecte nuestra paz es tan pequeña que él no la note. No hay en nuestra experiencia ningún pasaje tan oscuro que él no pueda leer, ni perplejidad tan grande que él no pueda desenredar…

Why should the illiterate man have this power, which the learned man has not? The illiterate one, through faith in Christ, has come into the atmosphere of pure, clear truth, while the learned man has turned away from the truth.

Look beyond what you see with your eyes and peer into the day with your heart.

It is by logic that we prove. It is by intuition that we discover," said the mathematician Henri Poincare.l

Instead I invite you to consider why you laughed at a joke the last time you did. If the punch line made you realize that the story could be understood in a way other than how you first heard it, you have experienced a moment of mindfulness.

mindful approach to any activity has three characteristics: the continuous creation of new categories; openness to new information; and an implicit awareness of more than one perspective

This ability to transcend context is the essence of mindfulness and central to creativity in any field.

Mindfulness, as I've studied it for more than thirty years, is the simple process of actively drawing distinctions. It is finding something new in what we may think we already know. It doesn't matter what we notice—whether it is smart or silly.

Learning about the way people process information and their emotions is hugely helpful to my work.

is the peculiar gift of the truly great detective that he can apply to the inexorable rules of logic three catalyzers: an abnormal observation of events, a knowledge of the human mind and an insight into the human heart.

because a man is always a fool until he is made to realize the extent of his folly

To me, photography is about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.

Perhaps people ought to feel with more imagination.

To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place…I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.

Photography is an art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.

You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things and organizing them. You just have to care about what's around you and have a concern with humanity and the human comedy.

Good photography is not about 'Zone Printing' or any other Ansel Adams nonsense. It's just about seeing. You either see, or you don't see. The rest is academic. Photography is simply a function of noticing things. Nothing more.

Nothing learned is ever quite wasted.

Odd, how in the afterglow of someone else's life, your own looks so much brighter.

Some of the best truths for which to live were realized in the throes of death.