Quotes About Clarity

All there is to thinking is seeing something noticeable which makes you see something you weren't noticing which makes you see something that isn't even visible.

It is very important to a lot of people to make unmistakably clear to themselves and to the universe that they love the universe but are not intimidated by it and will not be shaken by it, no matter what it has in store. Moreover, they demand something from themselves early in life that can be taken ever after as a demonstration of this abiding feeling.

Bright was the light of my last martini on my moral horizon

The application of the parable is, I think, that if you do not understand a statement, then to discover that it has no verification is an important piece of information about it and makes you understand it better. That is to say, you understand it better; you do not find out that there

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment [Verhexung] of our intelligence by means of language.

We struggle with the complexities and avoid the simplicities.

the secret of wisdom is detachment without withdrawal.

Let me try once more," Milo said in an effort to explain. "In other words--" "You mean you have other words?" cried the bird happily. "Well, by all means, use them. You're certainly not doing very well with the ones you have now.

To philosophize means to make vivid.

Though it seemed trivial, now, to describe a place as if what is was, was what I could see of it.

Two thoughts cannot coexist at the same time: if the clear light of mindfulness is present, there is no room for mental twilight.

Equanimity is a perfect, unshakable balance of mind, rooted in insight. But in its perfection and unshakable nature equanimity is not dull, heartless and frigid. Its perfection is not due to an emotional "emptiness", but to a "fullness" of understanding, to its being complete in itself. Its unshakable nature is not the immovability of a dead, cold stone, but the manifestation of the highest strength.

Paradox of Information wherein we can know too many things without knowing what those "things" are.

Aptal, o kadar?n? biz de anlad?k.

Neden baz? insanlar, baz? ?eyleri hiç bilmiyorlar? Duysalar, dinleseler, hatta kar??lar?nda görseler bile bilmiyorlar.

hava karar?yordu. kö?eden bir genç k?zla bir genç adam göründü kolkola. delikanl? bir ?eyler anlat?yordu, genç k?z da ba??n? sall?yordu. "bana kal?rsa film biraz kar???kt?," dedi genç adam. "baz? yerlerini anlamad?m." "can?m," dedi k?z, "sonunda çocuk ölüyor i?te." "aptal," dedi delikanl?, "o kadar?n? biz de anlad?k.

?nsan kald?r?m?n ortas?nda karars?z durursa, ya ate? isterler ya da adres sorarlar. Ba?ka bir ?ey sormazlar.

Benim durumum biraz kar???k burada. Yerim belli de?il; okuyucuyla yazar aras?nda bir noktada ç?rp?n?p duruyorum. Durumumun ayd?nlanmas? için Asliye Hukuk Mahkemesi'ne ba?vurmay? dü?ünüyorum. Bana tan?kl?k eder misiniz Esat A?abey?

Gözlük takman?n nedenini y?llarca, göze toz toprak kaçmas?, gözün de böylece yorularak iyi görmemesi sand?m. Bugün de öyle sanmak isterdim; bunun kimseye zarar? dokunmazd?. Ben de, yaln?z bana ait olan bir dü?üncenin mutlulu?uyla ya?ard?m.

belki de ak?l hastas?d?r akl?m?z? korumak hiç etkilenmemek gerekir sa?lam insan yolda sa??na soluna bakmadan dosdo?ru yürüyen adamd?r...

Oldu?u yerde döndü?ünü hissetti, r?ht?ma çarpan gemi gibi bir iki kere salland?ktan sonra yerine oturdu gözlerini açt?: Karanl??? gördü. Gözlerimi açt?m m?? Hay?r, gerçek karanl?k bu kadar karanl?k olamaz.

Bilmiyorum, bazen kar??t?r?yorum; özellikle, ba??mda u?ultular oldu?u zamanlar. Onun gibi dü?ünmeyi bilmek isterdim.

Pluralitas non ponenda est sine necessitate

A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what you think you're communicating. It's so easy as a young writer to think you're been very clear when in fact you haven't.