Quotes About Clarity

Cast aside all that is extraneous and superfluous, and cling to the few things that really matter.

I do my own duty: the other things do not distract me. They are either inanimate or irrational, or have lost the road and are ignorant of the true way.

Wipe out the imagination. Stop the pulling of the strings. Confine thyself to the present. Understand well what happens either to thee or to another. Divide and distribute every object into the causal (formal) and the material. Think of thy last hour. Let the wrong which is done by a man stay there where the wrong was done. Direct

Why all this guesswork? You can see what needs to be done. If you can see the road, follow it. Cheerfully, without turning back. If not, hold up and get the best advice you can. If anything gets in the way, forge on ahead, making good use of what you have on hand, sticking to what seems right. (The best goal to achieve, and the one we fall short of when we fail.)

If your speaking skills need work, by all means work on them. But it's better to be honest and straightforward than mere witty and clever.

Straight, not straightened.

29. To erase false perceptions, tell yourself: I have it in me to keep my soul from evil, lust and all confusion. To see things as they are and treat them as they deserve. Don't overlook this innate ability.

Don't stray, but do what's right whenever you're moved to act, and stick with what's clear and certain whenever you think.

Wipe off all idle fancies, and say unto thyself incessantly; Now if I will, it is in my power to keep out of this my soul all wickedness, all lust, and concupiscences, all trouble and confusion.

Her ÅŸey düÅŸüncenin verdiÄŸi biçimi al?r. Ve düÅŸüncenizin kontrolü sizin elinizdedir. Dolay?s?yla yarg?lar?n?z? ortadan kald?rmaya karar verdiÄŸinizde huzura kavuÅŸursunuz. T?pk?, burnu dolaÅŸan bir denizcinin sakin suya, dalgas?z bir koya eriÅŸmesi gibi.

Wipe out the imagination. Stop the pulling of the strings. Confine thyself to the present. Understand well what happens either to thee or to another. Divide and distribute every object into the causal [formal] and the material. Think of thy last hour. Let the wrong which is done by a man stay there where the wrong was done

El que no sabe qué es el universo no sabe dónde está. El que no sabe para qué ha crecido no sabe quién es. El que deja sin resolver una sola de estas cosas no podría decir ni qué es el universo ni para qué ha crecido. Entonces, ¿cómo te parece que es quien va detrás del ruido de gente que aplaude sin saber ni dónde está ni quién es?

Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you'll have more time and tranquility. Ask yourself at every moment, Is this necessary?

Now a man should take away not only unnecessary acts, but also, unnecessary thoughts, for thus superfluous acts will not follow after. Try

not to busy myself about vain things, and not easily

He blind, who cannot see with the eyes of his understanding.

Concentrate every minute like a Roman—like a man—on doing what's in front of you with precise and genuine seriousness, tenderly, willingly, with justice. And on freeing yourself from all other distractions. Yes, you can—if you do everything as

not to busy myself about vain things, and not easily to believe those things, which are commonly spoken

No retreat offers someone more quiet and relaxation than that into his own mind, especially if he can dip into thoughts there which put him at immediate and complete ease: and by ease I simply mean a well-ordered life. So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself. The doctrines you will visit there should be few and fundamental, sufficient at one meeting to wash away all your pain and send you back free of resentment at what you must rejoin.

To my soul: Are you ever going to achieve goodness? Ever going to be simple, whole and naked--as plain to see as the body that contains you?

To righteousness, in speaking the truth freely, and without ambiguity; and in doing all things justly and discreetly.

Reason is free from hatred, has no desire to harm anyone or anything, and will never direct you to do evil. Reason works to the benefit of all things.

32. You can discard most of the junk that clutters your mind—things that exist only there—and clear out space for yourself: … by comprehending the scale of the world … by contemplating infinite time … by thinking of the speed with which things change—each part of every thing; the narrow space between our birth and death; the infinite time before; the equally unbounded time that follows.

For how could we do what justice requires if we are distracted by things that don't matter, if we are naive, gullible, inconstant? 11. It's the pursuit of these things, and your attempts to avoid them, that leave you in such turmoil. And yet they aren't seeking you out; you are the one seeking them. Suspend judgment about them. And at once they will lie still, and you will be freed from fleeing and pursuing.