Quotes About Clarity

Did you ever think you had all the answers when you were in the thick of something, but then when you take a step back, you realize you were so busy getting things done that you never stopped to ask yourself if it's what you really want to do?

Remember that incident in Egypt with the #No. 2 pencil?" "Don't be ridiculous," I snapped. "That was a Pentel, not a #No. 2.

sure you're right.

prefer for a boil to be out in the open where I can see it. When it's hiding down in a butt crack, it can be a real pain in

I prefer for a boil to be out in the open where I can see it. When it's hiding down in a butt crack, it can be a real pain in the…you know.

Minimalism can help you find contentment and satisfaction and finally put meaning into your life. Just removing unnecessary things that do not bring any value to you will essentially open the door to a brand new perspective on living.

I have not the pleasure of understanding you.

How much I love every thing that is decided and open!

There was a big drive when I was at art school to make you aware of the economy of meaning - after all, this was still during the tail end of minimalism. Being responsible for everything you put in your picture, and being able to defend it. Keeping everything clear around you so you know what is operating. To open the wound and keep it clean.

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.

I was seeing something I didn't understand and did not want to. No I wasn't. I was seeing something I had always understood and wanted to understand better.

and for Stephen, who carried all his theories in his head, fine detail was a hindrance to clarity of thought.

beautiful. Untarnished by the touches of other men, unencumbered with pride and vanity

Tree It is foolish to let a young redwood grow next to a house. Even in this one lifetime, you will have to choose. That great calm being, this clutter of soup pots and books-- Already the first branch-tips brush at the window. Softly, calmly, immensity taps at your life.

Poetry's work is the clarification and magnification of being.

Zen is less the study of doctrine than a set of tools for discovering what can be known when the world is looked at with open eyes.

A person falling does not, mid-plummet, look up.

There is no dwelling in past, present or future and one is able to see the world without any pre-conceptions.

words used wrong are like poison.

In a clean, uncluttered room, you can think, you can be your true self. It's the same with worries & anxieties, keep them under wraps, and you're free to excel in activity that matters.

If she wanted him to stop, she'd have to say so soon because she was driving him up so fast he felt like a comet flaming in the heat of her atmosphere.

All my life I wanted to be someone I guess I should have been more specific.

I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific.

God," Louie prayed as he walked, "You know I don't want to do that, so if You want me to go to Japan, please make it very clear. I'm a new Christian. You'll have to give me a swift kick in the pants so that I know it's really You.