Quotes About Clarity

What is it you want in a man, in a husband? I suggest that you write these things down, and be very clear about what you do want. Then teach your son to be that way. His wife will love you for it, and you and your son will have a good relationship forever.

When in doubt, ask yourself, "Is this a decision that is loving for me? Is this right for me now?

There is no darkness but is brightened; there is no distance but is illuminated.

What are you afraid of? I'm afraid of not recognizing Paradise.

Don't believe everything you think," said Gamache, before releasing the hand and opening the door. "Pema Chödrön. A Buddhist nun.

Hell is the truth seen too late,

To live in chaos was to live in a prison. Order freed the mind for other things.

Olivier looked at him blankly. But the Chief Inspector had seen that look before. It was, in fact, almost impossible to look blank. Unless the person wanted to. A blank face to the Chief Inspector meant a frantic mind.

Dreadful deeds were obvious. The divine was often harder to see.

If you don't know something, ask. You have to be able to admit you don't know something, otherwise you'll just get more and more confused, or worse, you'll jump to a false conclusion. All the mistakes I've made have been because I've assumed something and then acted as though it was fact.

Isabelle [Lacoste] sat quietly for a moment, looking into the naked woods. Only in the winter was it possible to see both the forest and the trees. Homicide, she thought, was a perpetual winter.

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Despite himself, Beauvoir laughed. "There is strong shadow where there is much light.

A mind with absolutely no insight into itself, a mind filled with purpose and delusion.

from a distance you might see the big picture, but not the whole picture, you missed the details. Not everything was seen, from a distance.

There's no wrong answer. Just the truth.

unbalanced, in that she sees quite clearly what's wrong with the world but can't seem to see what's right.

There's clarity, the simplicity of living in the moment and knowing what really matters. Kindness. Company. Gentle care." Acknowledgments · Page 387 · Location 7020

Everything makes sense. Everything. We just don't know how yet.

She'd taught him that order was freedom. To live in chaos was to live in a prison. Order freed the mind for other things.

You need to know this. Everything makes sense. Everything. We just don't know how yet.

Oh, you'd be surprised how clearly the heart can see. What I do know is that how we feel drives what we think, and that determines what we do. Our actions leave behind evidence, those facts you mention. But it all starts with an emotion.

Stating a truth, but leaving out a greater truth.

He had a lot to ponder and he knew that everything is solved by walking.