Quotes About Clarity

For as the aged, or those whose sight is defective, when any books however fair, is set before them, though they perceive that there is something written are scarcely able to make out two consecutive words, but, when aided by glasses, begin to read distinctly, so Scripture, gathering together the impressions of Deity, which, till then, lay confused in our minds, dissipates the darkness, and shows us the true God clearly.

Indeed, Scripture exhibits fully as clear evidence of its own truth5 as white and black things do of their color, or sweet and bitter things do of their taste.

whenever God revealed himself to be seen by the fathers, he never appeared as he is in himself but as he could be understood by human minds. Since

Without the Word, there is nothing left for us but darkness.

For he contrasts   shadows with revelation, and absence with manifestation.

Hence there is   nothing that Satan so much endeavors to accomplish as to bring on mists   with the view of obscuring Christ, because he knows, that by this means   the way is opened up for every kind of falsehood.

lack of firm knowledge rarely equates with complete ignorance.

It is this quality, the power of seeing order in apparent confusion, that has marked the work of all great men.

I write to make sense of my life." -John Cheever, quoted in _Cheever - A Life_ (2009) by Blake Bailey

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions.

Knowing that time is running down, and that you are working against the clock forces you to work with clarity and urgency. The alternative of working for an unspecified amount of time can lead to an unfocused kind of work, where the mind wanders and we don't apply ourselves as well as we might. Time boxing is a powerful tool, so use it regularly.

it had been a small consecration, a minor epiphany, and no more

The mind is a theater. It cannot be allowed to go dark. It must be maintained.

borderline simpleton.

In the end, the truth doesn't matter.

And the ignorant, as always, will be wrong.

Ears were blocked to reason, and eyes blocked to goodness.

Life was simpler, too, if one did not think too hard. -The Burning Soul

Wolf's wits, moving now, in spite of the fumes of smoke and alcohol, with restored clarity, achieved a momentous orientation of many obscure matters.

When your explanations to staff about their role in achieving the "bigger picture" create enthusiasm and gain their commitment.

How can we lead the blind, if we are blind ourselves? His wine is coming to blur our vision, so that we can receive His vision.

She had understood all that he had said, with no way of knowing what he meant. It was as though he himself existed here in this town in this state in translation, ambiguous, slightly wrong, too highly colored or wrongly nuanced. Within him was the original, which no one could read.

Qui non intellegit, aut taceat aut discat: if you don't get it, shut up or go figure.

One of the virtues of drink was how it reduced life to these simple matters, which engaged all the attention; seeing, walking, raising a bottle accurately to the hole in your face. As though you were two years old again. No thoughts but simple ones. And