Quotes About Clarity

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.

Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.

Once a decision was made, I didn't worry about it afterward...

We must have strong minds, ready to accept facts as they are.

How many times do you have to get hit over the head until you figure out who's hitting you.

It may behoove you to learn why you do what you do,

Always nice to have an officer who can see past the end of his beard

If you're not guided by a clear sense of purpose, you're likely to fritter away your time and energy on obtaining the most tangible, short-term signs of achievement, not what's really important to you. And

Just because I said that's what I want doesn't mean that's what I want. I mean, that's what I want but that doesn't mean that I'm necessarily ready for it.

You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side, but vow instead to preserve the balance that exists between the two.

Sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand

Nothing is as old as the truth, and nothing is as new as the truth.

He who sincerely seeks his real purpose in life is himself sought by that purpose. As he concentrates on that search a light begins to clear his confusion, call it revelation, call it inspiration, call it what you will. It is mistrust that misleads. Sincerity leads straight to the goal.

for only the eye of sincerity can see. The eye of curiosity has the cataract of doubt, and is blind already.

Be sparing of your words if you wish them to be powerful.

Mit jedem Schritt hin zur Erkenntnis der Wahrheit, fühlt man sich selbstsicherer. Je mehr Zweifel überwunden werden, und je mehr das Selbstvertrauen wächst, desto stärker wird der eigene Wille; und je näher man zur Wahrheit gelangt, desto mehr Licht wird man sehen. Was ist dieses Licht? Es ist das Licht der Selbst-Verwirklichung. (S. 57)

Funny how mishearing things-or not hearing them at all-can really screw things up

Vlad blinked, unsure where her question was coming from and, more importantly, where it was going.

BE RIGHT OR WRONG, don't be indifferent, don't be NOTHING.

The truth was always out there, you just had to find it.

It takes work to shift your focus from the smudges on the window to the view outside.

Contrary to popular wisdom, growing older does not make you less conflicted. In fact, you become more and more conflicted by the second. You can see all sides of any given thing. It's all stupid bullshit and you want all of it, everything, and you also want none of it,

Giddy's answer did not surprise her, even as it did. Knowing and not knowing.

I know how to wait for clarity to emerge from chaos. I know what it is to trust in the power of the unseen.