Quotes About Clarity

For I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand. For I believe that "Unless I believe, I shall not understand." —ANSELM OF CANTERBURY1

A poet knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!

Why does the eye see more clearly when asleep than the imagination when awake?

The mind that engages in subjects of too great variety becomes confused and weakened.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.

The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams, than the imagination awake.

La semplicità è la sofisticazione finale.

Man discourseth greatly, and his discourse is for the greater part empty and false; the discourse of animals is small, but useful and true: slender certainty is better than portentous falsehood.

A simplicidade é o último grau de sofisticação

It's not enough that you believe what you see. You must also understand what you see.

Wer wenig denkt, irrt viel.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

Light is the chaser away of darkness. Shade is the obstruction of light

In der Einfachheit liegt die größte Vollendung

Learn to say I don't know when you really DON'T know.

I think I should understand that better, if I had it written down: but I can't quite follow it as you say it.

I can't explain MYSELF, I'm afraid, sir" said Alice, "because, I'm not myself you see.

Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it? said the March Hare. Exactly so, said Alice. Then you should say what you mean, the March Hare went on. I do, Alice hastily replied; at least--at least I mean what I say--that's the same thing, you know. You might just as well say, added the Dormouse, which seemed to be talking in its sleep, that 'I breathe when I sleep' is the same thing as 'I sleep when I breathe!

I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?

Then you should say what you mean, the March Hare went on. I do, Alice hastily replied; at least--at least I mean what I say--that's the same thing, you know. Not the same thing a bit! said the Hatter. You might just as well say that I see what I eat is the same thing as I eat what I see!

It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.

Speak English!' said the Eaglet. 'I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and I don't believe you do either!

People who don't think shouldn't talk.