Quotes About Clarity

The role of genius is not to complicate the simple, but to simplify the complicated.

Intelligence in chains loses in lucidity what it gains in intensity.

He who is not aware of his ignorance will be only misled by his knowledge.

At eight or nine, I suppose intelligence is no more than a small spot of light on the floor of a large and murky room.

You seem so clear about who you are. So certain that you are just right as you are, that for all your intelligence and maybe in spite of it, you never seem to need a second opinion.

Most people think that intelligence is about brain, where really it's about focus. Genius is just attention to a subject until it becomes specific, specific, specific.

Yoga is about the will, working with intelligence and self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitability of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.

You acquire a new kind of intelligence when you stay away from instant news.

Awareness is conscious connection with universal intelligence. Another word for it is Presence: consciousness without thought.

The mathematician who pursues his studies without clear views of this matter, must often have the uncomfortable feeling that his paper and pencil surpass him in intelligence.

Intelligence is the seeing of what is.

Mind is just in the middle. You are nothing but a mess. If you can go beyond it, intelligence grows in you; if you go below it, any intelligence that you had disappears.

A calm mind helps our human intelligence to assess the situation realistically.

Intelligence is the only moral guide.

Mind is blocking the fountain of intelligence like a rock.

Intelligence is power; it is the flame behind the spark of intrigue. Find out all the facts and stamp out the fire. Demystify.

I think human intelligence is the only one that will actually tell you intent.

I would say that foreign policy is a place where intelligence, resolve, clarity, and confidence in cause, is of extraordinary importance.

Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.

Don't you complicate your mind Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy.

It's amazing the clarity that comes with psychotic jealousy.

I felt no passion, no jealousy, no nostalgia. I was hollow, clear-headed, clean, and as emotionless as an aluminum pot.

When criticism doesn't make sense, it is usually coming from a different place.

Simplification is one of the most difficult things to do.