Quotes About Clarity

We are poor indeed if we are only sane.

To escape from the world means that one's mind is not concerned with the opinions of the world.

Nothing can be gained by extensive study and wide reading. Give them up immediately.

Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions.

Never measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.

There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life's point of no return.

You are... the lens in the beam. You can only receive, give, and possess the light as the lens does.

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road

Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

If you become deadlocked,return to the prime point.

Those who are aware of their mission are strong. Those who live for a mission are beautiful.

But it was better to know of it than to see it in its daily monotony.

She was hearing the words. They just weren't registering on her Richter scale of sanity.

Lists comforted her - they gave her a sense of accomplishment - they meant she had control of something.

Just tell the story!

Whoever has a perfect vision of one thing, Has the perfect vision of all things, For the emptiness of one thing Is the emptiness of all things. – Aryadeva

understanding the facts is more important than knowing the facts. But

I hate it when people repeat the last thing that's been said to them because they're too afraid to ask what the other person meant by it. "You want to remember this moment," I said finally, because when it comes right down to it, I'm a coward.

Facts are the enemy of truth.

Maar sy kyk nie meer nuus nie. Sy lees ook nie meer koerant nie. Reg en verkeerd, waarheid en leuen is strome wat deurmekaar geloop het in een rivier, jy kry dit nie meer uitmekaar geskep nie.

When a choice will make a real difference in our lives—obvious or not—and when we are living in tune with the Spirit and seeking his guidance, we can be sure we will receive the guidance we need to attain our goal.

directions are

Then there was this freedom the little guys were always getting killed for. Was it freedom from another country? Freedom from work or disease or death? Freedom from your mother-in-law? Please mister give us a bill of sale on this freedom before we go out and get killed. Give us a bill of sale drawn up plainly in advance what we're getting killed for... so we can be sure after we've won your war that we've got the same kind of freedom we bargained for.

I caught a glimpse of my shadow today. It's usually so hard to see because it always hides behind me. It's so much easier to see everyone else's.