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Quotes About Clarity

The things that make us happy make us wise.
~ John Crowley
Navy: Please divert your course 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision. Civilian: Recommend you divert your course 15 degrees to South to avoid a collision. Navy: This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert your course. Civilian: No, I say again, divert your course. Navy: This is the aircraft carrier Enterprise. We are a large warship of the US Navy. Divert your course now!! Civilian: This is a lighthouse. Your call." Canadian naval radio conversation38
~ John D. Barrow
I'm beginning to learn a few of the things I dont want," said Herf quietly. "At least I'm beginning to have the nerve to admit to myself how much I dislike all the things I dont want.
~ John Dos Passos
so meer Poets and meer Musicians, are as sottish as meer Drunkards are, who live in a continuall mist without seeing, or judgeing any thing clearly. A man should be learn'd in severall Sciences, and should have a rea?sonable Philosophicall, and ni some measure a Mathematicall head; to be a compleat and excellent Poet
~ John Dryden
That is exactly what we need. Eyes to see. Isn't that what Jesus offered us—clarity? Recovery of sight for the blind (Luke 4:18)? We need clarity and we need it badly. A simple prayer rises from my heart: Jesus, take away the fog and the clouds and the veil, and help me to see . . . give me eyes to really see.
~ John Eldredge
Shouting is obvious; not talking to each other slips by.
~ John Eldredge
You must ask God what he thinks of you, and you must stay with the question until you have an answer. The battle will get fierce here. This is the last thing the Evil One wants you to know.
~ John Eldredge
You will not think clearly about your life until you think mythically. Until you see with the eyes of your heart.
~ John Eldredge
Fuzzy and unspecific prayers see fuzzy and unspecific results. God
~ John Eldredge
Pressure nearly always guarantees you will have a hard time discerning what God is saying, if you hear anything at all. Pressure
~ John Eldredge
The key to receiving answers to prayers for guidance is to let go of our constant attempt to "figure things out." Really
~ John Eldredge
Truth is omnipotent.
~ John F. Kennedy
When the Word of God has spoken clearly and plainly, the unbelief of men, the reasonings of the natural mind and the wisdom of the world can be safely disregarded.
~ Unknown
You know what you do? You know how rain takes the colour out of everything? That's what you do to the English language. You blur it every time you open your mouth.
~ John Fowles
We talked for hours. He talked and I listened. It was like wind and sunlight. It blew all the cobwebs away.
~ John Fowles
As if I'd lit a fire in the darkness to try and warm us. And all I'd done was to see his real face by it.
~ John Fowles
Whole sight; or all the rest is desolation.
~ John Fowles
Yo tomo en mis manos mi Yo de antes y veo claramente que es tonto. Un juguete con el cual me he distraído demasiado tiempo. Esto es un poco triste, o, mejor dicho, muy triste.
~ John Fowles
Remember: The answers are in the questions.
~ John G. Miller
He won't be happy till he gets it, said Michael, at last: The only thing is, you see, he doesn't know what IT is.
~ John Galsworthy
When misunderstandings arise, remember that we speak different languages; take the time necessary to translate what your partner really means or wants to say. This definitely takes practice, but it is well worth it.
~ John Gray
When men and women are on the verge of arguing, they are generally misunderstanding each other.
~ John Gray
Darkness cannot be directly removed, but it automatically disappears when you turn on the light.
~ John Gray
The common man cannot see things objectively because his mind is clouded by anxiety about achieving his goals. Seeing clearly means not projecting our goals into the world.
~ John Gray