Insightful Perspective Quotes

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.

An accurate, insightful view of current reality is as important as a clear vision.

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.

Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head.

The devil knows more from experience than from being the devil

I will sit in the pupil of your eyes and that will carry your sight into the heart of the things

I don't know whether I can call myself a visionary.

Genius, particularly creative genius, is less about raw intelligence and more about elevated vision.

When you counsel someone, you should appear to be reminding him of something he had forgotten, not of the light he was unable to see.

The true historical genius, to our thinking, is that which can see the nobler meaning of events that are near him, as the true poet is he who detects the divine in the casual; and we somewhat suspect the depth of his insight into the past who cannot recognize the godlike of to-day under that disguise in which it always visits us.

I'm grateful for my whole family, but my dad is like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Superman, and Evel Knievel all at one time. I can think I have it all figured out, and he'll say, 'But did you look at that side of it?' He shows me just how much more there is than what appears to be.

Sensitive, responsive, eagerly welcomed everywhere, the drama, holding the mirror up to nature, by laughter and by tears reveals to mankind the world of men.

The true sage is not he who sees, but he who, seeing the furthest, has the deepest love for mankind.

People who label themselves as 'realists' are usually accurate - they see to the real edge of what they know, understand, or believe. At best, these folks tend to be caring worriers.

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.

The larger truth, the universal truth that you can give in a novel, is far greater than what you can give through journalism.

I wouldn't describe that 'position' as 'parasitic.' I'd describe that experience as 'edifying.' I don't merely write from a critical intellectual distance. I actually live around here.