Quotes About Clarity

Ain't lost unless yus don't know where yus are," Jim grumbled. "I know'd where we are, it's jest that no one else does.

Why do you have to know so much about things, Jessie? There's just not that much to things that I could ever see.

There is a story of a man on all fours under a street lamp, searching for something. A policeman passing by asked what he was doing. "Looking for my car keys," replied the man, who appeared slightly drunk. "Did you drop them here?" inquired the officer. "No," answered the man, "I dropped them in the alley." Seeing the policeman's baffled expression, the man hastened to explain, "But the light is much better here.

I've just become aware that for thirty-six years, I was angry with your father for not meeting my needs, and now I realize that I never once clearly told him what I needed.

Participant: Why, what do you mean?

I was struck by the crucial role of language and our use of words. I have

Yes, I can handle your telling me what I did or didn't do, And I can handle your interpretations, but please don't mix the two.

When we address a group without being clear what we are wanting back, unproductive discussions will often follow. However, if even one member of a group is conscious of the importance of clearly requesting the response that is desired, he or she can extend this consciousness to the group.

When we focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging, we discover the depth of our own compassion

Conversations often drag on and on, fulfilling no one's needs, because it is unclear whether the initiator of the conversation has gotten what she or he wanted.

Si quieres confundir cualquier situación puedo decirte cómo hacerlo: Mezcla lo que hice con tu reacción al respecto.

focus on clarifying what is being observed, felt, and needed rather than on diagnosing and judging

What some of us call lazy some call tired or easy-going, what some of us call stupid some just call a different knowing, so I've come to the conclusion, it will save us all confusion if we don't mix up what we can see with what is our opinion. Because you may, I want to say also; I know that's only my opinion. —Ruth Bebermeyer

Let's shine the light of consciousness on places where we can hope to find what we are seeking.

How does one make muddy water clear? Be still, and the water will clear in time. How does one become still? Let everything happen, and stillness appears.

But simple is far from easy.

A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding.

In these times I don't, in a manner of speaking, know what I want; perhaps I don't want what I know and want what I don't know.

La cuestion esta en decidirse en algo, alguna vez. The gist is in deciding on something, at some time.

No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.

Well, that road ain't gonna lead you toward the bigger picture. Trust me.

Well, I ain't sayin' it only to hear myself talk.

She tried, leaning back and closing her eyes, to put in order what she had seen, heard, and what she had known before. She wanted to place her knowledge in paragraphs ( a good opening sentence? she thought), so that it would be easy to handle when she came to write it. But it did not fit in paragraphs and she could not see it, plain and informative, colourful but unimpassioned, on a page. There was no beginning, no middle, no end.

honest, focused, positive, and authentic