Quotes About Insight

What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.

Don't cry and don't rage. Understand.

Non ridere, non lugere, neque detestari, sed intelligere.

I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate human actions, but to understand them.

A passion seizes to be a passion as soon as we form a clear idea of it.

I have laboured carefully, not to mock, lament, or execrate, but to understand human actions.

Nu râde, nu jeli, nu urî, ci în?elege!

No burlarse, no lamentarse, no detestar, sino comprender

The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, is to understand things by intuition.

The only thing you discover in the unknown is more of yourself.

Get wise, youse guys!

If you're smart, then your dreams evolve, too.

When you invent something, you're drawing on reservoirs of knowledge that you already have. It's only when you're faithful to the truth that something can come to you from the outside.

Those as knows the least have a habit of thinkin' they know all there is to know, while them as knows the most admits what a turr'ble big world this is. It's the knowing ones that realize one lifetime ain't long enough to git more'n a few dips o' the oars of knowledge.

The way I write isn't visually or stylistically dependent. It's usually one character that starts talking, and that points me where the story's going.

There's nothing you can know that isn't known Nothing you can see that isn't shown

You think of me like a book?' 'Of course,' she said. 'To open your pages is to be taken into another world.

Seeing the world is the greatest thing a man can do.

My work is a means of discovery – about the world, about history, about myself!

...trout that doesn't think two jumps and several runs ahead of the average fisherman is mighty apt to get fried.

My first reality show, 'Bigg Boss 2,' was a good experience, as I learned a lot of things inside the house.

Mostly, what I watch are reality shows and documentaries.

I definitely watch reality shows where I'm not learning something better in the end.