Quotes About Insight

The way we see things is the source of the way we think and the way we act.

When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.

ONCE EINSTEIN SAW the needle of a compass at the age of four, he always understood that there had to be "something behind things, something deeply hidden.

An understanding of the principle of our own growth enables us to search out correct principles with the confidence that the more we learn, the more clearly we can focus the lens through which we see the world. The principles don't change; our understanding of them does.

We must not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.

Perhaps the most important insight to be gained from the perception demonstration is in the area of paradigm shifting, what we might call the "Aha!" experience when someone finally "sees" the composite picture in another way. The more bound a person is by the initial perception, the more powerful the "Aha!" experience is. It's as though a light were suddenly turned on inside.

We discovered that the nature of the visualization is very important. If you visualize the wrong thing, you'll produce the wrong thing.

We must not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time." —T.S. Eliot

The way we see the problem, is the problem.

more you know the more you know you don't know.

The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of. PASCAL

we detect rather than invent our missions in life.

Seek first to understand. Before the problems come up, before you try to evaluate and prescribe, before you try to present your own ideas—seek to understand.

Paradigms are powerful because they create the lens through which we see the world.

we must look at the lens through which we see the world, as well as at the world we see

came into focus. Through continued calm, respectful, and specific communication, each of us in the room was finally able to see the other point of view. But when we looked away and then back, most of us would immediately see the image we had been conditioned to see in the ten-second period of time. I frequently use this perception demonstration in working with people and organizations because

Although it's risky and hard, seek first to understand, or diagnose before you prescribe, is a correct principle manifest in many areas of life. It's the mark of all true professionals. It's critical for the optometrist, it's critical for the physician. You wouldn't have any confidence in a doctor's prescription unless you had confidence in the diagnosis.

My paradigm shifted. Suddenly I saw things differently, and because I saw differently, I thought differently, I felt differently, I behaved differently.

We can see a reality that is superseded by his limited perception—a reality that is as critical for us to understand in our daily lives

My experience has been that there are times to teach and times not to teach.

others and be open to their perceptions, thereby getting a larger picture and a far more objective view.

we detect rather than invent our missions in life. I

by his limited perception—a reality that is as critical for us to understand in our daily lives as it was for the captain in the fog.

Writing is another powerful way to sharpen the mental saw. Keeping a journal of our thoughts, experiences, insights, and learnings promotes mental clarity, exactness, and context.