686 Quotes About Insight

It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.

It seems to me that my whole life I've been standing on some tower or a pillbox or a trampoline, waving the names of writers, as if we needed rescue. And the first person I had to rescue was myself.

Wisdom at the bottom of a well sees further than intelligence at the rooftop.

Sages see further with their eyes closed than scholars with their eyes open.

Intelligence says think. Understanding says ponder. Insight says perceive. Enlightenment says overcome.

Understanding is to knowledge what the flesh is to the body. Insight is to wisdom what life is to the soul.

A wise person is able to bring down a thousand armies with a single insight; with wisdom he successfully engages ten thousand armies with just one.

You get a sense that the letter-writer is in a groove, pouring out these words that give you insight to what this person is thinking.

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.