Quotes about Insight

The ultimate source of creativity, he argues, is divine.

It's always easier to see a lack of wisdom in others than it is to see it in ourselves. That's why we must pray daily for wisdom.

A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel. PROVERBS 1:5

Almighty God, help me to know Your laws. Teach me Your Word so that I understand it better every time I read it. Give me insight into Your ways so that they become part of me. Speak to my heart if my thoughts, words, or actions start getting off the mark. Keep me on the right path so that my prayers are never detestable to You.

I've always been attracted to negative influences - I thought that meant you were smart.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

The interesting thing I realized writing the 'X-Men' is I always had a sense of where I was going.

Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.

I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

Most of us know about God, but that is quite different from knowing God.

It is important to realize that a person with the gift of discernment can often tell the difference between what is of God and what is not. Such a person can often point out false teachings or false teachers—he has an almost uncanny ability to perceive hypocrisy, shallowness, deceit, or phoniness.

Although the testimony of my mother's life helped mold me and taught me how to live, the testimony of her last years and her death gave me insight into how to die.