Quotes about Insight

Whosoever wisely examines the works of God will speedily discover what is next to be done.

Every artist preserves deep within him a single source from which, throughout his lifetime, he draws what he is, and what he says. When the source dries up, the work withers and crumbles.

A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

Have the humility to learn from those around you.

There are some Christian people who taste and see and enjoy religion in their own souls, and who get at a deeper knowledge of it than books can ever give them, though they should search all their days.

A minute of thought is greater than an hour of talk.

In this country, the people who affect things the most—how the rest of us think and feel—are comics. It's true. Because a comic needs to understand the big picture in order to fracture it and present it to people so they can see it more clearly. Comedy is the only hope for humanity.

Take away the paradox from a thinker and you have a professor.

Why all this guesswork? You can see what needs to be done. If you can see the road, follow it.

He blind, who cannot see with the eyes of his understanding.