Quotes About Clarity

Why we do what do matters. When we lose our why, we lose our way. We inevitably get lost when we don't know why we are doing what we are doing.

He had no ability to distinguish the important from the less important. There seemed to be no such thing as objective reality.

lack of discipline, focus, purpose.

everybody understanding that nine-tenths of what came out of his mouth was blah-blah

It was, said Walsh, "like trying to figure out what a child wants.

The issue was not that he might act precipitously and recklessly because he didn't understand the consequences of doing so. The issue was that he could not comprehend the actual choices that needed to be made in order to act; indeed, he could not even stay in the room long enough to decide on a course of action. For Trump, the fog of war would waylay him before the first command could be given.

It was the chaos of just doing things that actually got things done. Except, even if you assumed that not knowing how to do things didn't much matter if you just did them, it was still not clear who was going to do what you wanted to do.

When I dance, I dance; when I sleep, I sleep. Nay, and when I walk alone in a beautiful Orchard, if my Thoughts are some part of the Time taken up with strange Occurrences, I some part of the Time call them back again to my Walk, or to the Orchard, to the Sweetness of the Solitude, and to my self.

The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.

These days, the bigger the company, the less you can figure out what it does.

What about you, Michel, what are you going to do here?' The response closest to the truth was probably something like 'Nothing'; but it's always difficult to explain that kind of thing to an active person.

Gdy przejechaliÅ›my dwa kilometry, dotarÅ'o do mnie, ?e tym razem ju? naprawdÄ™ nie mam nic do czytania; do koÅ"ca wycieczki bÄ™dÄ™ musiaÅ' prze?y? bez absolutnie ?adnego tekstu drukowanego, którym bym siÄ™ mógÅ' odizolowa?. RozejrzaÅ'em siÄ™ dookoÅ'a, serce zacz??o mi szybciej bi?, Å›wiat zewnÄ™trzny wydaÅ' mi siÄ™ nagle o wiele bli?szy.

Als ik de liefde niet heb begrepen, wat heb ik er dan aan om de rest te begrijpen?

Als God werkelijk bestond, had hij weleens wat meer aanwijzingen omtrent zijn opvattingen mogen geven, God was een bijzonder slechte communicator, zo'n mate van amateurisme zou in een professionele omgeving nooit zijn geaccepteerd.

Mas, paradoxalmente, uma vez que o pior parecia ter sido atingido, o real apareceu em sua total dimensão. Há uma paz em saber que um além do pior está totalmente excluído.

It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.

With few words I shall make thee understand my soul.

Beauty is the purgation of superfluities.

Fair and unfair are for children

Why were you up at five a.m. anyway?" "I run in the mornigns," she said without looking up. "At five a.m.?" "Yes," she said as she typed, as if that weren't insane. "Fuck. Every day?" "Sundays I do yoga." "Jesus. Why?" "I can't think clearly otherwise," she said, then looked up and admitted, "and I don't want to get fat.

Money and sex are two of the most challenging aspects of life to declutter, but extremely worth the trouble.

This was the wrong way because - because it wasn't the right way.

If it can be described, it can be understood. If it can be understood, it need not be feared.

How odd, that light should prevent one from seeing