Quotes About Clarity

Winston Churchill said, "If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then a third time—a tremendous whack.

It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood.

I've never liked euphemisms. I don't say "passed away." I say "dead.

We will find out. It will all become clear. Heaven is involved, and heaven never leaves anything in which it is involved unresolved.

There are no good answers to bad questions,

Back then I confused passions and orgasms with love. It look me years to realize the two weren't synonymous.

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

To write a word or a phrase or a sentence in Arabic is like crafting an equation, because every part is extremely precise and carries a lot of information.

One of the advantages of no longer being young is that you're expected to start making up your mind about certain things.

Your sight will be lost. It is not too late. You are humble still, pure. Let go of this fascination with earthly riches. You have so much more than they.

But I didn't want there to be any silences, out of which raw truths might tumble

That's splendid. That will do. You got up this morning. You've made everyone understand that. You don't have to be amusing or make people laugh to be a good speaker. The important thing is that you said you hadn't anything to talk about & you did find something to say.

you when you're right and tells you when you're

Oh, Graciosa, I have never been able to think about it without terror, loving somebody who is unworthy of my love. To bare my soul to impure eyes, and allow someone to defile the sanctuary of my heart. For though you may make a complete break some silt will always remains, and the stream never regains the original clarity.

Ignorance is no excuse. Deep down inside, all of us know exactly who and what we are, and what we should be doing in this lifetime.

Warriors win battles, not by ignoring them, but through clarity.

When one looks at the world directly, the eyes fixate the assemblage point, and no more movement is possible. Under such conditions there can be no fluidity or sobriety. Therefore one should not look at the world directly; that is, one should not stare, but glance around casually and at ease. This is true even if one is using the inner vision to look at one's own inner world.

Fear can only be prevalent in the absence of sufficient sobriety. In the full light of sobriety fear evaporates like mist before the sun.

Christians possess a shallow understanding of the gospel as a result of years of hearing short "gospel presentations" tacked onto the ends of sermons. Still others who know the message of Christ find themselves feeling awkward and incapable of sharing the good news clearly with family and friends. Taking steps to be sure we know the gospel with some clarity and depth, then, is necessary.

No hay agua en tu mente cuando contemplas un lago. Dicho de otra forma, la percepción de un objeto duro no posee en sí misma, dureza. La conciencia de la confusión no se encuentra confundida. La conciencia de la locura no está loca. La conciencia del paso del tiempo no demora tiempo alguno: no hay tiempo en ella.

Nothing is as prolix as ignorance.

Don't make assumptions.

A brahmin once asked the Blessed One: Are you a God? No, brahmin, said the Blessed One. Are you a saint? No, brahmin, said the Blessed One. Are you a magician? No, brahmin, said the Blessed One. What are you then? ''I am awake.

As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion breaks through an unreflecting mind.