Quotes about Insight
Man must suffer to be wise.
— Cicero
Man can see his reflection in water only when he bends down close to it, and the heart of man, too, must lean down to the heart of his fellow; then it will see itself within his heart.
— Hannah More
Knowledge is to be acquired only by a corresponding experience. How can we know what we are told merely? Each man can interpret another's experience only by his own.
— Henry David Thoreau
A man may just as soon read the Scripture without eyes, as understand the spirit of it without grace.
— JC Ryle
If people take any notice of what we say, we say we've been through the drug scene, man, and there's nothing like being straight.
— John Lennon
All the preaching in the world cannot make a man see the truth so long as his eyes are blinded.
— Charles Spurgeon
Women know things that men will never know. We keep the best secrets. We tell the best stories.
— Alice Hoffman
The worst sort of clever men are those who know better than the Bible.
— Charles Spurgeon
He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement, is a wise man.
— Euripides
Suppose, gentleman, that man is not stupid.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books represent the accumulated workings of the human mind, the endless treasures of man's thoughts.
— Gordon Hinckley
A man who would interpret the scriptures must have the spiritual discipline.
— Mahatma Gandhi