Quotes About Insight

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

A short saying oft contains much wisdom.

Alas, how terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the man that's wise! This I knew well, but had forgotten it, else I would not have come here.

Was there ever something not known before it was recognized?

To be beyond yourself is the gate to wisdom.

Man's life is knowledge and that's all. If the Man didn't knew life he didn't exist.

No one can surely know what knowledge is without the presence of truth.

To breath through the truth is not the same with knowing it.

We can never succeed in knowing our own self without holidays and anniversaries.

Experience is not always the kindest of teachers, but it is surely the best

To change one's mind is rather a sign of prudence than ignorance.

Books are hindrances to persisting stupidity.

If men are really humble, they will realize that they discover, but do not create, truth.

He who cannot learn by others' mistakes is stupid. He who cannot learn by his own errors is a fool.

Well, some men learn by listening, some read, some observe and analyze — and some of us just have to pee on the electric fence.

The more you meditate, the more you pay attention. The more you pay attention, the more you see the world as it truly is. Everyone is a teacher. Everyone is part of your Sangha.

Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.

Keep talking Milligan. I think I can get you out on Mental Grounds.' 'That's how I got in, sir.' 'Didn't we all.

What men call knowledge, is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances. Wisdom looks behind the veil and sees.

Late, I learned that when reason died, then Wisdom was born; before that liberation, I had only knowledge.

When reason died, then Wisdom was born.

Witness and stand back from Nature, that is the first step to the soul's freedom.

Spirituality is indeed the master-key of the Indian mind; the sense of the infinite is native to it. India saw from the beginning -- and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never lost hold of the insight -- that life cannot be perfectly lived in the sole power of its externalities.

When we have passed beyond knowings, then we shall have Knowledge.