I have been reading the Old Testament, a most bloodthirsty and perilous book for the young. Jehovah is beyond doubt the worst… — Edwin Arlington Robinson Copy Share Image
I'm always looking for insights into the real Doris Day because I'm stuck with this infatuation and need to explain it to… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Seriousness is no more a guarantee of truth, insight, authenticity or probity, than humour is a guarantee of superficiality and stupidity. — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Being English definitely gave me some insight into these eccentric Brits puttering around Hollywood. — Sacha Gervasi Copy Share Image
“Some people have the license to sin: Soldiers, to kill; politicians, writers, priests, businessmen, married man and women, to lie; and married… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“The gingko tree leans lazily against the facing wall or perhaps it supports it; Stephen cannot be sure. The dense ridges of… — Michael Tobert Copy Share Image
Density, complexity, and historical-semantic value that is so strong as to make politics possible... Gramsci's insight is to have recognised that subordination,… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Like the priestly cult of the Middle Ages, the modern priestly cult of "scientific" psychotherapists exist overwhelmingly to stultify or blunt a… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
“Wisdom is realizing that one resource was never meant to accomplish just one thing.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
The more experience and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a… — Henry Morton Stanley Copy Share Image
When I get bored, or get stuck on an equation, I like to go ice skating, but it makes you forget your… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“I imagined the lies the valedictorian was telling them right now. About the exciting future that lies ahead. I wish she'd tell… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
History, if thoroughly comprehended, furnishes something of the experience which a man would acquire who should be a contemporary of all ages… — Philibert Joseph Roux Copy Share Image
I have no little insight into the feelings of furniture, and treat books and prints with a reasonable consideration. How some people… — Robert Browning Copy Share Image
All bad Literature rests upon imperfect insight, or upon imitation, which may be defined as seeing at second-hand. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
“There are no shortcuts to moral insight. Nature is not intrinsically anything that can offer comfort or solace in human terms --… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Yoga teaching is that you're not your dark side or your woo-woo, you're pure awareness. Our job is to begin to gain… — Gary Kraftsow Copy Share Image
The most valuable insight on choosing whom to love is to be honest with yourself about the man standing before you. — Niecy Nash Copy Share Image
If we face our unpleasant feelings with care, affection, and nonviolence, we can transform them into a kind of energy that is… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
It's easy for us to feel separate from other people and from other forms of life, especially if we don't have a… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
Stupid people like to delude themselves that while they may not be clever, they were at least able to compensate with feelings… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Unconscious insights or answers to problems that come in reverie do not come hit or miss... they pertain to those areas in… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
“With liberation comes strength, with liberation comes clarity, with liberation comes insight.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
