Quotes about Insight
The greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated. We
— Henry David Thoreau
A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom.
— Henry David Thoreau
There is a world of difference between knowing something to be true in your head and experiencing the reality in your life.
— Henry Blackaby
When we do this we are allowing our circumstances to inform us about God. That is backwards. We ought always to allow God to inform us about our circumstances. When
— Henry Blackaby
But vain to popularize profundities, and all truth is profound.
— Herman Melville
On Ralph Waldo Emerson)I love all men who dive. Any fish can swim near the surface, but it takes a great whale to go down stairs five miles or more; and if he don't attain the bottom, why all the lead in Galena can't fashion the plummet that will. I'm not talking of Mr Emerson now -but of the whole corps of thought-divers, that have been diving and coming up again with bloodshot eyes since the world began.
— Herman Melville
To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.
— Confucius
An interesting insight into the ruthlessness of studio executives: I was having a conversation with Alex Gansa, a creator of 'Homeland,' and I said, 'So you guys must have seen 'Life' and liked me in it, right? That's the most recent thing I've done over here.' And he went, 'No, Damian. You actually nearly didn't get the job because of 'Life.'
— Damian Lewis
You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.
— William Hazlitt
To find truth, one must travel a dense fog!
— David Dweck
Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.
— Madeleine L'Engle
The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.
— Harry S. Truman