Elizabeth Bibesco Quotes

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

Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

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

Insight essentially means being able to see things other people are not able to see. This is the hallmark of leadership.

You can’t go on “seeing through” things forever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it. To “see through” all things is the same as not to see.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

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

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.

Knowing is not understanding. There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.

It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.

To look is one thing, to see is another thing; to see is very difficult, normally; to look is to try to see. I have looked and I hope I have seen.

Youth sees too far to see how near it is To seeing farther.

A hair divides what is false and true.

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

I see too deep and too much.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.