Insight Quotes

906 Insight quotes by 705 unique authors

Feelings, too, are facts. Emotion is a fact. Human experience is a fact. It is often possible to gain more real insight into human beings… — Eleanor Roosevelt
The spectacular thing about Johnny [von Neumann] was not his power as a mathematician, which was great, or his insight and his clarity, but his… — Paul Halmos
I was faced with a choice: to deny my addiction and embrace that 'comfortably numb' but 'magicless' existence, or accept the burden of insight, take… — Roger Waters
If you like my music and it brings you emotions whether Joy or Pain, I feel I have done my part to give you insight… — Sean Paul
When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition. If you don't understand what it's about,… — Dexter Gordon
The first act of insight is throw away the labels. In fiction, while we do not necessarily write about ourselves, we write out of ourselves,… — Eudora Welty
More time [to decide] without more information just creates anxiety, not insight. — Seth Godin
History distinguishes what is accidental and transitory in human nature from what is essential and immutable. — Thomas B. Macaulay
History, if thoroughly comprehended, furnishes something of the experience which a man would acquire who should be a contemporary of all ages and a fellow… — Philibert Joseph Roux
If the religious experience were simply some naive impression of the uninformed it would not have resulted in such intellectual insight, such spiritual exaltation, such… — Thomas Berry
Any supreme insight is a metaphor. — Charles Henry Parkhurst
We see through others only when we see through ourselves. — Eric Hoffer
You can't expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it's a step in the right direction… — Lily Tomlin
If you want to enjoy life more fully, the trick is to teach yourself to live in the insightful mode more often. — Cheryl Richardson
Be aware of your inner voice and follow it, even though most of the time it will tell you the most uncomfortable path to choose. — Glenn Close
The popular mythology of creative genius depends on beloved stereotypes of the artist in youth and old age: the misunderstood upstart who forces us to… — Martin Filler
All of us must cross the line between ignorance and insight many times before we truly understand. — David Hawkins
I say, as a singer grows older, his conception grows a little deeper, because he lives life and he understands what he is trying to… — Sam Cooke
The library connects us with the insight and knowledge, painfully extracted from Nature, of the greatest minds that ever were, with the best teachers, drawn… — Carl Sagan
Love and marriage are wonderful arenas in which to place a character. We are most likely to risk our morals and beliefs while in love.… — Anita Shreve
I've always been obsessed with penetrating the female psyche. When I shoot, I'm like a tornado. I never sit down, never take a break, never… — Joyce Tenneson
Share the wealth. Be generous with your joy. Give away what you most want. Be generous with your insights and delights. — Pema Chodron
Insight enables you to know your own heart. Clarity enables you to accept without illusion. — Deepak Chopra
In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt.… — Geeta Iyengar
Religious insights and values are just as important today as they were 50 or 100 years ago. — Dallin H. Oaks

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