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Quotes About Clarity

He wants to say. That is to say, he means. As in the French, 'vouloir dire,' which means, literally, to want to say, but which means, in fact, to mean. He means to say what he wants. He wants to say what he means. He says what he wants to mean. He means what he says.
~ Paul Auster
One, mentioned in a 2017 Economist article, felt "sharper, more aware of what [the] body needs" on 1P-LSD,
~ Unknown
A black star appears, a point of darkness in the night sky's clarity. Point of darkness and gateway to repose. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.
~ Paul Bowles
Whenever he was en route from one place to another, he was able to look at his life with a little more objectivity than usual. it was often on trpis that he thought most clearly, and made the decisions that he could not reach when he was stationary.
~ Paul Bowles
Fasting clears away the thousand little things which quickly accumulate and clutter the body, mind and heart. It cuts through corrosion and renews our contract with God and Mother Earth.
~ Unknown
Worry is spiritual short sight. Its cure is intelligent faith.
~ Paul Brunton
The world suddenly vanished from view like a morning mist. I was left alone with Reality.
~ Paul Brunton
If I think, everything is lost.
~ Paul Cezanne
You explain nothing, O poet, but thanks to you all things become explicable.
~ Paul Claudel
Vision over visibility
~ Unknown
Belief in eternity can clarify your values and renew your hope.
~ Paul David Tripp
Becaise I love God, I want to handle his truth with accuracy, clarity, and specificity. I want to build bridges of understanding from the wisdom of the Word to the details of people's lives. And because I love people, I will not be satisfied with lobbing grenades of general truth at them. Rather, through good questions, committed listening, and careful interpretation, I will enter their world with the understanding necessary to bring Christ's help to where it is really needed.
~ Paul David Tripp
Only when I focus on the holiness and glory of God am I able to see myself with accuracy.
~ Paul David Tripp
In a moment, your thoughts can seem more important than they actually are. In a moment, your emotions can seem more reliable than they really are. In a moment, your needs can seem more essential than they truly are.
~ Paul David Tripp
Corporate worship is designed to once again clear up our confusion as to what is truly important in life.
~ Paul David Tripp
if your faith is based on your ability to fully understand your past, present, and future, then your moments of confusion will become moments of weakening faith.
~ Paul David Tripp
If one reads too quickly or too slowly, one understands nothing.
~ Paul de Man
Man is ready to die for an idea, provided that idea is not quite clear to him.
~ Paul Eldridge
Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.
~ Paul Engle
And this power in their teaching had to do, first of all, with the content of what they taught – that is, with the way "what they said" made clear "what really is.
~ Unknown
If the bath water is dirty, it can be thrown out without losing the baby!
~ Unknown
The system needs to get right to the bottom line and remain very transparent in terms of its format, structure, and intent.
~ Unknown
If truth is the main casualty in war, ambiguity is another.
~ Paul Fussell
When in doubt ? any kind of doubt ? wash!
~ Paul Gallico