Quotes About Clarity

I suspect, nevertheless, that he was not very capable of thought. To think is to forget a difference, to generalize, to abstract. In the overly replete world of Funes there were nothing but details, almost contiguous details. The equivocal clarity of dawn penetrated along the earthen patio.

Nouns are abbreviations. Instead of saying cold, sharp, burning, unbreakable, shining, pointy, we utter dagger; - Verbiage for Poems

Orice destin, oricât de lung sau de complicat ar fi, se reduce de fapt la un unic moment: momentul în care omul înÈ›elege pentru totdeauna cine este.

O joy of understanding, greater than the joy of imagination, greater than the joy of feeling!

You have to show reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

On attend quelque chose, et un matin on se réveille et on comprend. C'est simplement la fin qu'on attend.Selon Lisette, c'est ce que les gens à la télé appelle une dépression.

T]he accumulation of things not spelled out, not properly articulated, may result in neurosis.

Let me have clear thoughts, clear speech, and a good path to walk this day," I prayed as I watched the rising sun.

There is perhaps nothing worse than reaching the top of the ladder and discovering that you're on the wrong wall.

enlarge the pupil of the eye, so that the body with its attendant personality will no longer obstruct the view. Immortality is then experienced as a present fact...

anyone continually knitting his life into contexts of intention, import, and clarifications of meaning will in the end find that he has lost the sense of experiencing life.

Hay más realidad en una imagen que en una palabra

It is remarkable how completely forgotten episodes, when touched with a word, open to the memory—at first vaguely, like the recollection of a dream, but then with increasing clarity and certitude, until at last all is again present, and one wonders how such scenes could have ever been forgotten.

The body is not the Bodhi tree. The mind, no mirror bright. Since nothing is there, on what should dust alight?

The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray. Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"

I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me.

When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said "The what of a what?" which didn't help us as much as we had hoped, but luckily Owl kept his head and told us that the Opposite of an Introduction, my dear Pooh, was a Contradiction; and, as he is very good at long words, I am sure that that's what it is.

You know, when once you've discovered a secret yourself, it always seems as if it must be so obvious to everybody else.

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.

The house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in.

All things exist in as simple a form as necessity dictates. When a thing is labeled 'complex,' that's just a roundabout way of saying you're not observant enough to understand it.

I wanted to glance one last time over my shoulder, but there was no reason to. Looking behind would only show me the things I'd seen, and everything of importance I could always see

The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.