#insight

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

#brotherly #destruction #excuse #insight #into

The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#getting #helpful #insightful #involves #lost

While I admire the insights of many of the people in the world of computing, I get this cold feeling that I speak a different language. ↗

— Clifford Stoll

#cold #computing #different #different language #feeling

There are several insights at the heart of the A's system that I think are wonderful for baseball. One, that it's a team game. That no one player is going to make that much of a difference to your team, so for god's sake don't go blow a quarter of your budget on one guy. ↗

— Michael Lewis

#blow #budget #difference #game #go

Zane.” His voice was hushed and pensive. “Sometimes I’m not capable of expressing how grateful I am for you.” “What do you mean?” Ty put a hand to his own chest, visibly struggling to find the right words. “For your . . . So few people have ever understood the way I work. In here.” He tapped his chest. “Thank you for . . . your insight. ↗

— Abigail Roux

#zane-garrett #insight

I have never met the man I could despair of after discerning what lies in me apart from the grace of God. ↗

— Oswald Chambers

#insightful #insight

Because it's much more pleasant to be obsessed over how the hero gets out of his predicament than it is over how I get out of mine. ↗

— Woody Allen

#philosophy #insight

In much of the rest of the world, rich people live in gated communities and drink bottled water. That's increasingly the case in Los Angeles where I come from. So that wealthy people in much of the world are insulated from the consequences of their actions. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#civilization #consequences #environment #foresight #insight

This is [her] soul group.’ What do you mean?’ It’s a group of souls with whom she resonates closely. ↗

— James Redfield

#soul #insight

Just like children, emotions heal when they are heard and validated. ↗

— Jill Bolte Taylor

#validation #insight