Quotes About Clarity

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully

To pursue mental operations to any depth, a person has to learn to concentrate attention. Without focus, consciousness is in a state of chaos.

Within the individual life span as well, each person becomes exposed with age to increasingly contradictory goals, to incompatible opportunities for action. A child's options are usually few and coherent; with each year, they become less so. The earlier clarity that made spontaneous flow possible is obscured by a cacophony of disparate values, beliefs, choices, and behaviors. Few

Thus we might think of consciousness as intentionally ordered information. This

What is the meaning of life?" turns out to be astonishingly simple. The meaning of life is meaning: whatever it is, wherever it comes from, a unified purpose is what gives meaning to life. The

Contrary to what we tend to assume, the normal state of the mind is chaos.

One can survive solitude, but only if one finds ways of ordering attention that will prevent entropy from destructuring the mind.

Entropy is the normal state of consciousness—a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable. To

Children who grow up in family situations that facilitate clarity of goals, feedback, feeling of control, concentration on the task at hand, intrinsic motivation, and challenge will generally have a better chance to order their lives so as to make flow possible.

The meaning of life is meaning: whatever it is, wherever it comes from, a unified purpose is what gives meaning to life.

WE HAVE SEEN HOW PEOPLE DESCRIBE the common characteristics of optimal experience: a sense that one's skills are adequate to cope with the challenges at hand, in a goal-directed, rule-bound action system that provides clear clues as to how well one is performing. Concentration is so intense that there is no attention left over to think about anything irrelevant, or to worry about problems.

Children who grow up in family situations that facilitate clarity of goals, feedback, feeling of control, concentration on the task at hand, intrinsic motivation, and challenge will generally have a better chance to order their lives so as to make flow possible. Moreover

The reason it is possible to achieve such complete involvement in a flow experience is that goals are usually clear, and feedback immediate.

The normal condition of the mind is chaos. Only when involved in a goal-directed activity does it acquire order and positive moods.

without concentration, a complex activity breaks down into chaos.

When attention is focused, minor aches and pains have no chance to register in consciousness.

Control of consciousness determines the quality of life.

A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul.

Pragnij, by twój puchar byÅ' peÅ'ny, chÅ'opcze, i nie zadowalaj siÄ™ wszystkim, co ci bÄ™dÄ… mówi?, lecz ufaj bardziej swoim bystrym oczom.

was understandable

Puheesi on kuin kärpäsen surinaa korvissani.

clear as a pikestaff.

right, until he found just the right words – not too difficult words, but words with some fire and juice in them.

Compartmentalize