Insight Quotes

906 Insight quotes by 705 unique authors

I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. I am really interested in feelings and think they are what define us as… — Claire Danes
Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation. — Bette Davis
Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For… — Jared Diamond
The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action. — Denis Diderot
I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them. — Rita Dove
I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their children. — Arthur Conan Doyle
I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often… — Queen Elizabeth II
People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change. — Albert Ellis
Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly. — Arthur Erickson
The best vision is insight. — Malcolm Forbes
If you have the insight of non-self, if you have the insight of impermanence, you should make that insight into a concentration that you keep… — Nhat Hanh
No one wants to know how clever you are. They don't want an insight into your mind, thrilling as it might be. They want an… — Mark Haddon
Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act. — Nhat Hanh
Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being… — Nhat Hanh
To be No. 1 on the 'New York Times' best-seller list, well, that's alarming. Having been a stand-up comedian, I think it's surprising to a… — Steve Harvey
God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists,… — Hermann Hesse
When I have a creative insight, there is a high. I think back in the day, I made music as much as I did because… — Lauryn Hill
Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners. — Eric Hoffer
My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the… — Hans Hofmann
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
True philanthropy requires a disruptive mindset, innovative thinking and a philosophy driven by entrepreneurial insights and creative opportunities. — Naveen Jain
Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have… — Lyndon B. Johnson
When I get bored, or get stuck on an equation, I like to go ice skating, but it makes you forget your problem. Then you… — Michio Kaku
High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and… — Henry A. Kissinger

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