Quotes about Insight
The love of truth is an act of the spirit.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
A moment of insight is a fortune, transporting us beyond the confines of measured time.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The best prophet of the future is our past.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
We must never forget that there is a higher truth than the one we are able to comprehend at first sight.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Truth is the courage to fathom the facts in order to see how they relate to the Word.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The mystic experience is man's turning toward God; the prophetic act is God's turning toward man. The former is first of all an event in the life of man, contingent on the aspiration and initiative of man; the latter is first of all an event in the life of God, contingent on the pathos and initiative of God. From the mystic experience we may gain an insight of man into the life of God; from the prophetic act we learn of an insight of God into the life of man.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
He who wishes to ponder what is beyond the Bible must first learn to be sensitive to what is within the Bible.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Two sources of religious thinking are given us: memory (tradition) and personal insight. We must rely on our memory and we must strive for fresh insight.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
It is the Bible that enables us to know the Bible.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.
— Abraham Lincoln
The best cure for one's bad tendencies is to see them in action in another person.
— Alain de Botton
Maturity: knowing where you're crazy, trying to warn others of the fact and striving to keep yourself under control.
— Alain de Botton