"possess insight" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to have a deep understanding or perception of something. Example: "As a psychologist, she possesses insight into the human mind."
Icebreaker: It seems we can experience things intensely or possess insight into events and actions, but never the two simultaneously.
People with psychosis who are able to re-label their psychotic experience, offer non-delusional explanations for changes in themselves, which correspond to beliefs about illness held by the subculture, admit to the need for restitution, and seek locally available help, can be said to possess insight.
If the show has a hero, it's Tyrion (Dinklage), who is capable of cruelty but also possesses insight and empathy, concealed beneath a carapace of Wildean wit.
And yet the undergirding strength of each series is its insight into what it means to be excluded from power: to be a woman, or a bastard, or a 'half man.'" She concludes, "If the show has a hero, it's Tyrion Lannister (Peter Dinklage), who is capable of cruelty but also possesses insight and empathy, concealed beneath a carapace of Wildean wit".
Some people were self-righteous: "See, I told you that you wanted to get married," they would say, as if they had possessed insight into my deepest desires.
Provided with a Web-based electronic forum, the doctoral candidate in biomedical engineering at Halifax's Dalhousie University found "mentors and trainees who possess valuable insight into relevant inflammatory cascades and cytokine quantification techniques".
Friends and associates ask me about Donald Trump as if I possess special insight.
Prince also said he hoped that the next leader would possess "spiritual insight".
Ferb also seems to possess good insight, which is probably the main character trait, other than his silence, distinguishing his character from Phineas.
Religion rejects the arrogance of those who assume that by virtue of the fact that they are here now, living and breathing at this moment, they possess greater insight into the human condition than revered teachers of old.
Notably, the DSM-IV specifies that children are not required to possess good insight, further complicating the differential.
