Insper Quotes & Sayings

Desire as a motivator for achievement and even for survival isn't a bad thing. It's when desire drives us to grab more than our share or harm others that issues arise. — Taite Adams

I observed certain animalcules, within whole bodies I saw so quick a motion as to exceed belief; they were about the size of a large grain of sand, and their bodies being transparent, that the internal motion could plainly be seen. Among other things, I saw in the body of one of these animalcules a bright and round corpuscle, placed near the head, and in which a very wonderful swift motion was to be seen, consisting of an alternate extension and contraction. This particle I concluded to be the heart ... — Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

Angels,
we have grown apart. — Charles Bukowski

Nothing about me without me — Sikhwetha Maanda

Methinks we have a clue. Be still, my heart. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Nothing is ever as it seems nor is it otherwise. — Various

Empathy isn't just listening, it's asking the questions whose answers need to be listened to. Empathy requires inquiry as much as imagination. Empathy requires knowing you know nothing. Empathy means acknowledging a horizon of context that extends perpetually beyond what you can see. — Leslie Jamison