Quotes About Clarity

Mathematics, after all, lives on unambiguous exactitude, whereas there are types of art that die of it.

Somehow," she said coldly, "you have confused profitable and not profitable for right and wrong. I, however, have not.

Having something explained to you does not always solve it.

A message is not delivered until it is understood.

You won't even see what is put right on the table before you. Men. If it was raining soup you'd be out there with a fork.

For a very brief period I was happy, and, an even rarer gift, I knew I was happy.

There can be no misunderstandings if there are no understandings at all.

opinions may have truth in them but that truth must be free of opinions.

Understanding how or why is seldom as useful as understanding that things are.

He longed for cleanliness and tidiness: it was hard to find peace in the middle of disorder.

It is my way, to speak directly. I do not mean to give offense by it. It has always seemed to me that honest words leave the least room for misunderstanding.

There are times when not thinking requires all of one's concentration.

It was right, what they said: Enlightenment was merely the truth at the correct time.

Think of what is and don't let what might have been distract you.

Vultures and peacocks might both have feathers and beaks, but one did not confuse the two creatures.

It was a simple account of an incident from his childhood. At the time I recall that I wondered why he had written it down. He obviously remembered it clearly; why bother to record it on paper? Only later was I to learn from my own obsessive journaling of my dreams that sometimes the best way to understand something is to write it down." p. 355

It was better to leave the space empty of words than to choose the wrong ones.

The way she spoke, the way she thought, reflected the books they had shared. It was not that she had become wiser; wisdom had shone in her from the start. Now she had the words for her thoughts. She had been like a lantern flame burning behind a sooty glass. Now the glass was clear and her light shone forth.

Depois daquilo comecei a desejar esclarecer as coisas com o Bobo. Como um dente doloroso, remoí uma e outra vez o que lhe queria dizer.

The truth doesn't need you to recognize it, young man, for it to be so. You need the truth to recognize you.

No one truly understands a prophecy until it comes true.

When you speak in riddles, it exasperates me. Yet when you try to speak clearly of yourself, it frightens me.

Claro que não sabes (...) E nem sequer queres ver o que está posto na mesa à tua frente. Homens. Se estivesse a chover sopa, estarias lá fora com um garfo.

That isn't how I see it, Amber. That isn't how I see it at all. It's just my life, and now that I have finally discovered what I must have to be happy, I'm willing to lay down my life for it. That's all.' She smiled. 'That is all . You are right. And that is all that All ever is.