Quotes about Insight
The larger the searchlight, the larger the searchlight of the unknown.
— Milan Kundera
Looked at from the outside, I haven't experienced anything. Looked at from the outside! But I have a feeling that my experience inside is worth writing about and could be interesting to everybody.
— Milan Kundera
If you want a person's faults, go to those who love him. They will not tell you, but they know.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
To see, in some measure, like God. His love and His knowledge are not distinct from one another, not from Him. We could almost say He sees because He loves, and therefore loves although He sees.
— CS Lewis
And reading itself is an amazing activity: You glance at a thin, flat object made from a tree...and the voice of the author begins to speak inside your head. (Hello!)
— Carl Sagan
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
— Carl Sagan
The tragedy of the human species is it has evolved the capacity of foresight, but refuses to use it.
— Carl Sagan
Wisdom lies in understanding our limitations. 'For Man is a giddy thing,' teaches William Shakespeare.
— Carl Sagan
Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.
— Carl Sagan
Shallow understanding accompanies shallow compassion. Great understanding goes with great compassion.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
The way to suffer well and be happy is to stay in touch with what is actually going on; in doing so, you will gain liberating insights into the true nature of suffering and of joy.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
A person who looks at the table and can see the universe is a person who can see the way.
— Thich Nhat Hanh