Quotes About Clarity

My style is ambiguous and lucid. I wish to be signified but not summed up. I don't want to have to go over the top each time.

I know a lot of people who hate the ending of 'Rosemary's Baby' and wish that it was left ambiguous.

Direction is always on my wish list.

We are very far from always knowing our own wishes.

No wishes are silly, no dreams remain dreams, for those committed to clear and definitive goals.

Anyone who wants to look at sunlight naturally wipes his eye clear first, in order to make, at any rate, some approximation to the purity of that on which he looks; and a person wishing to see a city or country goes to the place in order to do so.

Our erected wit maketh us to know what perfection is.

I would definitely agree that 'The Witch' doesn't leave much of anything to the imagination. There are some ambiguities about 'The Witch,' for sure, but all in all, it's pretty clear what's going on.

I am not a witch doctor, and in fact, you cannot have a witch doctor. You are either a witch or a doctor.

American audiences, a lot of people couldn't understand a word of 'The Witch.'

But I would make it unambiguously clear that we are going to withdraw, and if Iraq falls into civil war and if all these unhappy things occur, we're just going to have to accept them.

At some point in the idea process, I simply wear myself down and force myself to choose. But here's the thing: Once I do choose, suddenly all the other possibilities wither and die, and thus I never have a backlog of well-formed ideas waiting for me when my latest book gets finished.

My goal was never to withhold information; my goal was to make sure everything was accurate, and frequently it wasn't.

You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective.

Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.

Meditation is to dive all the way within, beyond thought, to the source of thought and pure consciousness. It enlarges the container, every time you transcend. When you come out, you come out refreshed, filled with energy and enthusiasm for life.

Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.

He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon.

Simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.

I'm blind without my glasses.

Miscommunication is the number one cause of all problems; communication is your bridge to other people. Without it, there's nothing. So when it's damaged, you have to solve all these problems it creates.

You should not ask questions without knowledge.