Quotes about Insight
Clearly, he had his own strange way of judging things. I suspect he acquired it from the Gospels.
— Victor Hugo
Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of the two has a grander view?
— Victor Hugo
As we see, he had a strange and peculiar way of judging things. I suspect that he acquired it from the Gospel.
— Victor Hugo
Make thought a whirlwind.
— Victor Hugo
A torch-flame resembles the wisdom of cowards: it gives a poor light because it trembles.
— Victor Hugo
A man's eye reveals his quality. It shows how much of a man there is within us. We declare ourselves by the light that gleams under our eyebrows. Petty spirits merely wink; great spirits emit a flash of lightning.
— Victor Hugo
Far be it from me to insult the pun! I honor it in proportion to its merits; nothing more. All the most august, the most sublime, the most charming of humanity, and perhaps outside of humanity, have made puns.
— Victor Hugo
Blind is he who will not see!
— Victor Hugo
It will be perceived that he had a peculiar manner of his own of judging things: I suspect that he obtained it from the Gospel.
— Victor Hugo
In fact, were it given to our human eye to see into the consciences of others, we would judge a man much more surely from what he dreams than from what he thinks.
— Victor Hugo
Seeing is limited by two borders: Strong light, which blinds, and total darkness.
— Milan Kundera
Chi cerca l'infinito non ha che da chiudere gli occhi.
— Milan Kundera