Quotes About Clarity

Fights between individuals, as well as governments and nations, invariably result from misunderstandings in the broadest interpretation of this term.

Sometimes the government has to answer questions with ambiguous language.

It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments.

A government that says what it means, and means what it says.

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.

Be clear about what you want to accomplish, and whether the circumstances surrounding you are actively helping you toward the goal.

What is worse than having no sight is being able to see but having no vision.

Hymns should have unity, graduation and mutual dependence in the thoughts, a conscious progress, a sense of completeness and be easily understood.

There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

One of my most productive days was throwing away 1,000 lines of code.

Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.

The great artist is the simplifier.

Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.

There is great freedom in simplicity of living.

I find that the three truly great times for thinking thoughts are when I am standing in the shower, sitting on the john, or walking. And the greatest of these, by far, is walking.

Humility is the only lens though which great things can be seen--and once we have seen them, humility is the only posture possible.

Like a great athlete, we must have a very clear vision of what we want to accomplish before we make a move. Vision, in preparation for an action, is as important as the action itself.

Every great change is simple.

Great art is clear thinking about mixed feelings.

Sometimes people can write really great scenes and even a great episode, but they can't see the bigger picture.

Great companies are defined by their discipline and their understanding of who they are and who they are not.

As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is that of little minds to use many words to say nothing.