Quotes about Insight

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

He who knows best knows how little he knows.

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

I look back now and realize that the gift of a true friend is that she sees you not the way you see yourself or the way others see you. A true friend sees you for who you are and who you can become.

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

There can be no freedom without order, and there is no order without virtue. Now, that's a simple enough formulation, but it's an insight found not only in the writings of Founding Fathers like Washington or great political thinkers like Edmund Burke; it is also found in a great part of our Judeo-Christian tradition.

Lord, give us weak eyes for things of little worth, and eyes clear-sighted in all of your truth.

What good would it do me if truth stood before me, cold and naked, not caring whether I recognized her or not?

If a person does not become what he understands, then he does not understand it either.

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.

It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.