Quotes About Clarity

That's why for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no gray issues. Life is black and it's white. There's no in-between.

Crossing out is an art that is, perhaps, even more difficult than writing. It requires the sharpest eye to decide what is superfluous and must be removed. And it requires ruthlessness toward yourself -- the greatest ruthlessness and self-sacrifice. You must know how to sacrifice parts in the name of the whole.

The mighty power of logic cleanses all it touches.

The blindness I mean is blindness that keeps you from seein' the truth.

American exceptionalism] is a reaction to the inability of people to understand global complexity or important issues like American energy dependency. Therefore, they search for simplistic sources of comfort and clarity. And the people that they are now selecting to be, so to speak, the spokespersons of their anxieties are, in most cases, stunningly ignorant.

Go to any lengths to avoid preachiness! If you have to choose between the message and the story, always choose the story.

Death will get you sober.

When walking, walk. When eating, eat.

Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it's dark.

The words are the words of English, but the sense is the sense of confusion.

Entonces, ¿quedo con él mañana?— le pregunta esperanzada. — ¡Pues claro!— responde Iris—. Si se trata de algo verdadero no hay que andarse con triquiñuelas y, si no lo es, no hay triquiñuela que valga.

The Perfect Man uses his mind like a mirror - going after nothing, welcoming nothing, responding but not storing.

Not to understand is profound; to understand is shallow. Not to understand is to be on the inside; to understand is to be on the outside.

Understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.

In the midst of darkness, he alone sees the dawn; in the midst of the soundless, he alone hears harmony.

Men all pay homage to what understanding understands, but no one understands enough to rely upon what understanding does not understand and thereby come to understand.

Emptiness is the fasting of the mind.

A fish-trap is for catching fish; once you've caught the fish, you can forget about the trap. A rabbit-snare is for catching rabbits; once you've caught the rabbit, you can forget about the snare. Words are for catching ideas; once you've caught the idea, you can forget about the words. Where can I find a person who knows how to forget about words so that I can have a few words with them?

Therefore understanding that rests in what it does not understand is the finest.

Jos haluaa näyttää oikeaksi sen, minkä ne kieltävät, tai vääräksi sen, minkä ne myöntävät, ei ole parempaa keinoa kuin käyttää järjen valoa.

The fish trap exists because of the fish; once you've gotten the fish, you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit; once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning; once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can have a word with him?

Go as far as you can see and you will see further.

Don't become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.

The great majority of people are "wandering generalities" rather than "meaningful specifics". The fact is that you can't bit a target that you can't see. If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. You have to have goals.