Quotes About Clarity

She'd asked him, back then, when he'd first started liking her. "The moment I first saw you," he'd replied, of course. His feelings were running so high then, he'd have believed anything. He was certain he was not lying. But in fact, the moment when he first saw her was not all that clear in his mind.

In truth, every time she was with Yee she felt cleansed, as if by a scalding hot bath; for now everything she did was for the cause.

muddy water is often made clear if allowed to stand still.

why is it that the things that matter most, we get so close, we don't see them?

Later on I published these poems as Sappho's Boat to make damn sure everyone knew what I meant.

At the very least, let them know what you've done.

Feelings are not always a guide to truth, and guilt is an indulgence you cannot afford. It clouds the mind.

When you slice the truth too thin, you deceive.

How to put this feeling, this certainty, into something as limited as words?

But when you slice truth too thin, you deceive.

Guð einn veit, hverju fólki datt í hug að ljúga upp á mig," segir Jörgen, alltaf jafn viss í eigin sök og tilbúinn að skilja sjálfan sig. Enginn skildi Jörgen Jörgensen betur en hann sjálfur.

At the beginning of every winter people are careful to install storm windows. These extra panes of glass protect their houses against the bitter winds. We do something very similar to protect our minds through the practice of meditation.

The Buddha said, "When you are walking, walk. When you are sitting, sit. Don't wobble.

A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine.

The goal of meditation is awareness, not relaxation.

Undivided singleness of mind" is what the Gita means by yoga. It is the complete opposite of the incessant civil warfare among intellect, senses, emotions, and instincts which is our usual state of mind. Yoga is the complete reintegration of all these fragments on every level of the personality. It is the process of becoming whole.

Even with the best of conscious intentions, we may provoke a nasty clash. But if we can support the other person and express our disapproval tenderly, with respect, it will help him or her to see more clearly.

mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine.

I find I always have to write something on a steamed mirror.

It's amazing how right you can be about a person you don't know; it's only the people you do know who confuse you.

If I wanted so much to go-- if everything I wanted in the whole world was on the other side of that door, why didn't I just go?... What kept me frozen there in a despair composed equally of impotent rage and a strange reluctance to shatter some exquisite but invisible structure, neither the shape nor purpose of which was apparent to me? In a words, what the hell was going on?

I think it is the first proof of a stable mind to be able to pause and spend time with oneself.

Some of you may be struggling with discovering your vocation and feeling a little frustrated that your intuition is not helping you more. Alas, intuition can also stand in your way because it makes you aware of too many inner voices speaking for too many different possibilities.

Individuation is, above all, about being able to hear your inner voice or voices through all the inner and outer noise.