Quotes About Clarity

Cuando tienes miedo no puedes pensar con claridad

Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it."2

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. —Leonardo da Vinci

Once we can directly experience something without the contamination of judgment or evaluation, our reflections on that experience are much richer and more meaningful.

People in oppressive political situations are so afraid to give voice to their convictions that they lose confidence in the very category of truth and in the power of speech to bring clarity and liberation.

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about

Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.

The average teacher explains complexity; the gifted teacher reveals simplicity.

Sometimes in tragedy we find our life's purpose — the eye sheds a tear to find its focus.

It's annoying to be disapproved of by people who know only half the story, especially when you're not sure which half they know.

What you discover about life's shell game is that it's hardest to follow the pea when you're the pea.

An aphorism is a single sentence that totally exhausts its subject.

Looking back, you realize that everything would have explained itself if you had only stopped interrupting.

The shortest distance between two points assumes you know where you're going.

If you don't decide what your life is about, it defaults to what you spend your days doing.

If you can't explain something in a few words, try fewer.

Most often, walking alone with my shadow is how I find my answer, the result of gathering together all agreeable parties.

Better you don't search for who you are until you know who it is you want to find.

I refuse to be burdened by vague worries. If something wants to worry me, it will have to make itself clear.

The trick to writing an aphorism is to place a period at the point where you're inclined to say, "in other words...."

What a blessing it is to be alone with your thoughts when so many are alone with their inability to think.

There are truths of which I have an inkling, but of most I have only a penciling.

If we would listen to our kids, we'd discover that they are largely self-explanatory.

For some it is love undeniably. For others it is making it work, never actually knowing what it is.