Quotes About Confusion

Before I came here, I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture, I am still confused -- but on a higher level.

Jugamos tres partidas, las cuales ganó Holmes, como siempre, pues su extraordinaria habilidad manual le permitía cambiar las fichas de casilla cuando le daba la gana, sin que lo advirtiese, y yo me armaba unos líos como para nombrar abogado.

Cuando se ha perdido la brújula, lo inmediato es navegar a la deriva, no saber a qué atenerse en temas clave de la vida, lo que le conduce a la aceptación y canonización de todo.

Hay una novedad en la psiquiatría americana: los sujetos adictos al psicoterapeuta son personas que sufren crisis de identidad, no se encuentran a sí mismas, están perdidas o no saben cómo son ni lo que quieren en la vida.

nunca ha sido tan abundante y prolija la información y nunca, sin embargo, ha habido tanta ignorancia. El

hombre de hoy no sabe a dónde va, y esto quiere decir que está perdido, sin rumbo, desorientado. Tenemos dos exponentes claros al respecto: en los jóvenes, la droga, y en los adultos, las rupturas conyugales.

que no tiene esquemas claros en su mente está desorientado y no sabe ni lo que quiere ni hacia dónde va.

Una noche calurosa de mayo, cuando ya andaba a medios chiles, perdí por

Deslumbrado y alterado por esa luz, pero también por ser únicamente el doctor Pasavento, quise creer que todo lo que me pasaba era, simple y llanamente, producto de una fuerte resaca. Porque si uno lo pensaba bien, ¿era verosímil que durante toda la noche un médico, sin duda monstruoso, probablemente un neuroquímico del cerebro, me hubiera implantado la memoria de doctor Pasavento?" Doctor Pasavento. Enrique Vila-Matas (Satán Vivo). p. 172.

At least I admit that I don't know. I know that things are fucked up, beyond belief, and I have nothing original to say about it.

Jeff: I'm saying I don't need a limousine to know who I am, alright? Tim: Right on. You know what? He doesn't need to limo, man. Jeff: I mean, you know, at least I admit I don't know. I know that things are fucked up beyond belief and I know that I have nothing original to say about any of it, alright? I don't have an answer. I don't have a fucking message. Tim: Okay, great. Well, now he's crying. Are you guys happy?

Turkish." Vocabulary was deleted, new words added. Place-names all over the country were Turkified (for example, "Smyrna" became "Izmir"), which only added confusion and another obfuscating layer to the buildup of historical sediment.

The contrast between the empty hotel room and the roaring crowd in the auditorium can cause a lot of emotional confusion, too, but for the moment, that world could wait; I was safe with my loved ones again.

A good marriage produced affection and physical desire as naturally and inevitably as trees grew. Love was simply the fruit, which they confused with the seed.

There's no hope for someone who doesn't even know what hope is

On our way, we got lost and passersby denied all knowledge of the location of the camp. We finally arrived as it was getting dark, and they said it was closing. "Tell them we're Jewish," said Graham.

If you are unclear about your ethnicity, you will find yourself confused over what about you needs redeeming.

But the other piece of this puzzle has to do with the confusion that inevitably arises when the Christian faith becomes too closely related to a cultural or national identity. For many Germans, their national identity had become so melted together with whatever Lutheran Christian faith they had that it was impossible to see either clearly. After four hundred years of taking for granted that all Germans were Lutheran Christians, no one really knew what Christianity was anymore.

When the confusion of accusations and excuses, of desires and fears, makes everything with us so obscure, he sees quite clearly into all our secrets. And at the heart of them all he finds a name which he himself has inscribed: Jesus Christ.

It is remarkable how I am never quite clear about the motives for any of my decisions. Is that a sign of confusion, of inner dishonesty, or is it a sign that we are guided without our knowing, or is it both? -Bonhoeffer

It was a case of the blind leading the blind, only worse, for Arnault seems to have been practically headless.

Platão havia chegado a compreender algo que os modernos reformadores e revolucionários políticos são incapazes de compreender: que uma reforma não pode ser realizada por um líder bem intencionado que recrute os seus seguidores entre as mesmas pessoas cuja confusão moral é a fonte da desordem.

Hunter had been hopelessly at sea with the situation.

Mutual understanding becomes misunderstanding, when there are no longer commitments, no definite expectations, no responsibilities and no common objectives. Misunderstanding may end up in regret, pain and confusion. ("Mutual understanding" )