Quotes About Clarity

Speech that compliments is, by definition, free from derision, which clouds the mind with enemies and makes it tense. Kind speech makes the mind feel safe and also glad. [p.74]

Mindfulness, the aware, balanced acceptance of present experience, is at the heart of what the Buddha taught.

Being trapped by fear is a form of delusion. Either I can do something or I can't. If I truly can't ... I don't do it. If I truly can, and it wold be a wholesome thing to do, I push myself [p. 39].

He did not confuse compassion with passivity.

Knowing the truth brings happiness.

let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences

She looked; and it was as if new eyes had been put into her head.

Genius, Layton said, is "the ability—a very rare ability—to see things as they actually are. You are not fooled.

The loss which is unknown is no loss at all.

Faith is your anchor and sustainer in the new season. Faith that the one who called us is faithful. Faith helps you see in the dark. And when you feel like you can't see, Faith steadies your heart to trust what you know. What is true.

The number one reason most people don't get what they want is that they don't know what they want.

What you focus on expands.

Your field of focus determines what you find in life.

Vision, even for a dragon, is woefully unreliable. What you can see with great clarity may not be real; what you cannot see may be the ultimate reality.

Could it be that we allow the conditions in our lives to distract us from the meaning of our lives?

When your life is not in order, you feel discomfort.

God's purpose for your life cannot manifest in the midst of chaos. You can't reach the place you were destined to be if you're constantly getting sidetracked. You cannot reach your life purpose when everything in your life is undisciplined, distracted, and disordered.

to weakness if you're fighting the wrong issue or the wrong person, or for the wrong reason.

Be specific about your needs, life has more than enough to offer and we don't need all to be alright.

Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.

If you chase after everything at once, you stand a good chance of ending up empty-handed.

Sincerity is not to say everything you think but to mean everything you say.

A question is not just there to be answered. It is also there to answer.

I am not devaluing thoughts. Just do not mix up what we think with what actually is.