Quotes About Insight

It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one's own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one's own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice. —BUDDHA1

Sages in many societies have converged on the insight that feelings are always compelling, but not always reliable. Often they distort reality, deprive us of insight, and needlessly damage our relationships.

we face the paradox of abundance: Quantity undermines the quality of our engagement. With such a vast and wonderful library spread out before us, we often skim books or read just the reviews. We might already have encountered the Greatest Idea, the insight that would have transformed us had we savored it, taken it to heart, and worked it into our lives.

Here's the same idea from Buddha: It is easy to see the faults of others, but difficult to see one's own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one's own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.

Marcel Proust wrote that "the only true voyage . . . would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes."41

A single conversation with a wise person is worth a month's study of books.

newfound power leads to new perspective

There is nothing new under the sun. The only meaningful question is who gets to hold the reflective lens." Passion

Truth and logic could serve as springboards for psychosis.

I'd long thought that a surfeit of sensitivity could be a killing thing, too much insight malignant in its own right. The best survivors—there are studies that show it—are those blessed with an inordinate ability to deny. And keep on marching.

O Great Swami of the East, your wisdom has pierced the miasma.

The science of psychotherapy is knowing what to say, the art is knowing when to say it. (36)

I'd long thought that a surfeit of sensitivity could be a killing thing, too much insight malignant in its own right. The best survivors--there are studies that show it--are those blessed with an inordinate ability to deny. And keep on marching.

Children sometimes understand things that most grown-ups do not see.

to gain an understanding of a world that you know little about, you must encounter it firsthand

Volevo chiudere gli occhi, o coprirli con una mano, e al tempo stesso volevo guardare, guardare a sazietà e tentare di comprendere con lo sguardo quella cosa incomprensibile, lì, davanti a me, quel vuoto per il pensiero umano.

watch Die Hard films until the day started making sense again.

You can learn much about an enemy when you watch him win. We will watch and learn . . . and plan.

Even when broaching the most familiar subjects – especially when broaching the most familiar subjects – we have always to be looking to illumine them in ways that make them seem unfamiliar, fresh, in ways that make us believe we have not seen them before.

What is never recognized can never be healed.

For a few minutes of every day, every man becomes a genius. This is the tragedy of life.

Sometiimes when you look at a person all you see is the tangle and you miss the weave

When you got a question," Polly said before Granada could ask, "first be silent. Look around you. Let creation speak the truth to you." She

You're soul sick is what you are," Polly said. "And you can stomp your little footsie all you want to, but you ain't going to get well until you remember. And you can't remember until you learn to see.