Quotes About Clarity

Apothegms form a short cut to much knowledge.

One of the major insights of Zen is that the world should be perceived directly, not as an array of embodied names.

Zen would have our perception of the world, indeed our very thoughts, be nonverbal.

Only in formal meditation can there be the real beginning of understanding.

revised them to suit Zen purposes.

the only way to really understand the message is to stop trying to "understand" it.

There is nothing difficult about the Great Way But, avoid choosing! Only when you neither love nor hate, Does it appear in all clarity. Do not be anti- or pro- anything. The conflict of longing and loathing, This is the disease of the mind. Not knowing the profound meaning of things, We disturb our (original) peace of mind to no purpose.

Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.

Science is simply common sense at its best.

All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.

Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense.

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.

God is available through many sources besides the religious quest. I don't mean to imply that psychology replaces the work of religion, but it seems to me that it greatly supports religion and brings a certain clarity to areas of the human condition, especially the discovery of the unconscious.

In a crisis of choice when you are perplexed and do not know which way to go, it might be good to consult several persons.

Why do we ask the important questions after they've been answered?

Clarity affords focus.

As Zapffe concluded, we need to hamper our consciousness for all we are worth or it will impose upon us a too clear vision of what we do not want to see,

Well-honed attention—as evidenced in trackers, mindfulness practitioners, athletes, hunters, artists, writers, ornithologists, and more—is something quite different. It can be focused narrowly or distributed across the entire visual field at will. Its focus can be internal (on the contents of mind) or external, and it can be sustained for long periods. It is penetrating, quick, and efficient, picking up signals that are altogether unseen by the untrained eye.

The voice you hear when you read to yourself is the clearest voice: you speak it speaking to you.

You can only miss so many swings in baseball before you have to admit you might not be a good hitter, but you can mangle grammar and syntax every day without ever realizing how poorly you speak.

So few people are really aware of their thoughts. Their minds run all over the place without their permission, and they go along for the ride unknowingly and without making a choice.

So you'll never guess who I heard from," said Kelly. "Who would that be?" "Not 'whom'?" asked Kelly, her face momentarily clouded by doubt. "No, my dear. It's a subject, not an object. At least in my question.

Thoughts come clearly while one walks.