Henri Barbusse Quotes

A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower.

I think there's a knowingness in my face.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

If I'm talking to you, I can't see you, but I can see inside of you and what you're thinking. That's a mixed blessing.

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who's in tune with what's really going on.

People often ask me how I get so many unique experiences while they get none. I tell them the difference is in the sensitivity. I can observe those small emotions, which may look trivial to others.

I've always been blessed, or cursed, with perception.

Insight is not a matter of memory, of knowledge and time, which are all thought.

I'm sensitive to the things I see.

Wise is the man who does not disdain any character and instead, examining him with a searching look, plumbs him to the very main-springs of his being.

If I'm going to talk about an issue, I better know what it's about viscerally.

Seeing through is rarely seeing into.

Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.

I've been blessed with a good head on my shoulders and quite a good ability of discernment. I can see through people.

I have one talent, and that's figuring out what people want about two minutes before they know it themselves.

Human beings understand too much.

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

If we think about the obvious long enough, it dissolves.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

Seeing reality for what it is is what we call discernment. The work of discernment is very hard.

Judgment is contained in the act of trying to understand.

I didn't look very sensitive and they didn't know me very well.

Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.