Quotes about Insight
History is philosophy teaching by examples.
— Thomas Jefferson
We should not, however, judge the value of our meditation by "how we feel." A hard and apparently fruitless meditation may in fact be much more valuable than one that is easy, happy, enlightened and apparently a big success.
— Thomas Merton
Gerçek anlamda derin düÅŸünme; psikolojik bir hile deÄŸil, teolojik bir lütuftur.
— Thomas Merton
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
— Thomas Paine
Interpretation is not necessarily a separate step from observation, for often, as you carefully observe the text, at that very moment you begin to see what it means. Thus, interpretation flows out of observation.
— Kay Arthur
No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally — and often far more — worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.
— CS Lewis
You cannot go on 'explaining away' for ever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on 'seeing through' things for ever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it.
— CS Lewis
This is one of the miracles of love: It gives a power of seeing through its own enchantments and yet not being disenchanted.
— CS Lewis
By the very act of arguing, you awake the patient's reason; and once it is awake, who can foresee the result
— CS Lewis
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.
— Carl Jung
Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.
— Carl Jung
Whoever looks from inside knows that everything is new.
— Carl Jung