Quotes about Insight
He liked to observe emotions; they were like red lanterns strung along the dark unknown of another's personality, marking vulnerable points.
— Ayn Rand
The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but only for those who will seek them.
— Ayn Rand
A blind person could make a lifelong study of the eye, properties of light, the sight process and become a great expert in the field, but in another sense he would know nothing about sight. A person could know a great deal about God and yet not know God.
— Stephen Covey
Creative thought in science is exactly this - not a mechanical collection on of facts and intuition, bias, and insight from other fields. Science, at its best, interposes human judgement and ingenuity upon all proceedings. It is, after all (although we sometimes forget it), practiced by humans.
— Stephen Jay Gould
Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge is the eldest daughter of wisdom.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Don't judge a tree by its size, but by its fruit.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Three kinds of people achieve illumination: those who learn, those who teach, and those who do both continuously.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge is the path, understanding is the way, wisdom is the highway, and enlightenment is the destination.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom is a great prophet, faith is a great warrior, knowledge is a great sage, and virtue is a great priest.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Faith, hope, love, and insight are the highest achievements of human effort. They are found-given-by experience.
— Carl Jung
Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.
— Jon Kabat-Zinn