Quotes about Insight

4. If the book is a new one with a dust jacket, READ THE PUBLISHER'S BLURB.

intelligent action depends on knowledge. Knowledge

The first is: if you can, read more than one history of an event or period that interests you. The second is: read a history not only to learn what really happened at a particular time and place in the past, but also to learn the way men act in all times and places, especially now.

your primary obligation is not to become competent in the subject matter but instead to understand the problem.

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.

We are a sum total of what we have learned from all who have taught us, both great and small.

It was a great surprise to me when I discovered that most of the ugliness I saw in others, was but a reflection of my own nature.

It pays to know how to purchase knowledge.

Through the aid of the sixth sense, you will be warned of impending dangers in time to avoid them, and notified of opportunities in time to embrace them.

To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

Suffering has causes which can be illuminated in order to be removed

Don't wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow may be too late. If we know how to live according the insight of impermanence, we will not make many mistakes. We can be happy right now. We can love our beloved, care for her, and make her happy today. And we won't run toward the future, losing our life, which is available only in the present moment.