Herbert Meyer Quotes

My Noble Intelligencer …. My Ubiquitous Eyes

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

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

It's not the quantity of your decisions; it's the quality.

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information.

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

When I think of vision, I have in mind the ability to see above and beyond the majority.

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

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

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

You can't do anything sensible until you know what the situation is that you're in.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

The people who work in intelligence work are more conscious, more apt to be attentive.

... common sense is very rare.

Some people have more sense than other people think they have.

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

We can all make better decisions when we're informed.

Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house.

Spies cannot be usefully employed without a certain intuitive sagacity.

You cannot be wise without some basis of knowledge, but you may easily acquire knowledge and remain bare of wisdom.

Wise it is to comprehend the whole.

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.