Quotes About Clarity

Art is science made clear.

Oricine ?tie c? eviden?ele ascund întotdeauna sisteme. Nimic nu e mai p?rtinitor decât impar?ialitatea.

Cum reu?e?te adev?rul s? se desprind? din aparen?ele care îl ascund ?i totodat? îl constituie? Izbucne?te, într-o seara, cu brutalitate? Sau î?i croie?te drum încet în mintea oamenilor?

Timpul, pur ?i simplu, trecuse pe deasupra, cu cortegiul lui de nout??i ?i de prefaceri, ?i aruncase asupra eviden?ei un fel de v?l de obscuritate.

universul nostru era dominat de o idee, ?i poate numai de una, dar ea ne f?cea s? ne sim?im foarte siguri pe noi. For?a acestei idei venea în totalitate din simplitatea ei. ?i anume c? lucrurile sunt ceea ce sunt.

Dar, cum se întâmpl? adeseori cu oamenii, chiar cu cei mai misterio?i, ai deodat? sentimentul c? secretul e simplu: nu-?i lipse?te decât cheia pentru a dezlega combina?ia ?i pentru a-?i explica totul.

John Marshall on writing: The man who by seeking embellishment hazards confusion, is greatly mistaken in what constitutes good writing. The meaning ought never to be mistaken. Indeed, the reader should never be obliged to search for it.

To exaggerate is to weaken.

Would it perturb you to see things as they are? To gaze at the world tranquilly and accept responsibility for your gaze, whatever it might see?

C'est pour ça que je ne le vis pas venir et c'est pour ça que je ne distinguai pas le moment juste où sa musique commença ; mais, tout d'un coup, elle sauta hors de la pluie et je sus qu'il était là.

Tu veux savoir ce qu'il faut faire, et tu ne connais pas seulement le monde où tu vis. Tu comprends que quelque chose est contre toi, et tu ne sais pas quoi.

Je revoyais, sous la clarté de mon briquet, Clarius étendu sur l'herbe, sur sa croix je veux dire ; j'entendais son « Tue-moi ». Au point où il en était, ça faisait un homme voué à la mort.

He felt as if he had been washed from top to bottom, like a sheet scrubbed by a brush. He felt all white and full of new life. He walked the earth with a clean heart.

Pourtant, il y a une lucidité qui nous vient parfois dans ces moments-là, quand on se surprend à regarder le monde à travers ses larmes, comme si elles servaient de lentilles pour rendre plus net ce que l'on regarde.

Still, there's a lucidity that sometimes comes in that moment when you find yourself looking at the world through your tears, as if those tears served as a lens to clarify what it is you're looking at.

He who ends with the most understanding wins.

Still, there's a lucidity that sometimes comes in that moment when you find yourself looking at the world through your tears, as if those tears served as a lens to clarify what it is you're looking at.

I also realized that the philosophers, far from ridding me of my vain doubts, only multiplied the doubts that tormented me and failed to remove any one of them. So I chose another guide and said, Let me follow the Inner Light; it will not lead me so far astray as others have done, or if it does it will be my own fault, and I shall not go so far wrong if I follow my own illusions as if I trusted to their deceits

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.

If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation.

Advaita is not a system, a religion or technique. It is not even a philosophy. It is simply the truth.

Truth is everywhere, and easily seen. Believing one's eyes Is the difficulty.

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.