Quotes About Clarity

There are certain roads that one may follow. Simplification of life is one of them.

One longs to explain, to be sure they understand, the people one loves.

The truth can be very sharp. But it makes a cleaner wound than lies. It will not fester

nonsenses to them that reminded her of

Los hombres podían ser increíblemente tontos a veces, darse de bruces con lo evidente y aun así no verlo. Bien

What was presumed and what was actually known were two entirely different things.

I know nothing, because I know too much, and understand not nearly enough and never will.

Wisdom is strength. Collect yourself, whatever you are, into something with a purpose.' 

Tis the gift to be simple... 'Tis the gift to be free...

This was that lucid and dangerous state with drinking, when everything began to shimmer; when there was meaning in the grain of the marble; when one could make the most offensive speeches.

Mis recuerdos son demasiado claros, demasiado agudos; las cosas debieran gastarse en los bordes y lo irresoluto debería suavizarse. De ese modo, hay escenas tan cerca de mi corazón como fotos en un marco; sin embargo, son retratos monstruosos que ningún artista ni ninguna cámara jamás lograrán.

Yes, I see.' 'Beware.' 'Of thinking I understand?' 'Precisely [...]

I had never heard the notes quite as limpid and translucent, quite as flashing and exquisitely distinct.

You've learned to express yourselves too well for anything to remain veiled or mysterious.

Was he for the world or for me?

Sometimes we are blinded by the translation we want to be true, and not the one that is correct.

Sólo en la complejidad podemos encontrar las respuestas. A través de la complejidad el hombre lucha hacia la claridad; es un proceso lento y lleno de obstáculos, pero es el único camino. La simplicidad exige demasiados sacrificios. Siempre los ha exigido.

The mysterious he was no mystery whatsoever to me.

What could thesee words mean to her? They must have sounded like old poetry. How could I expect her to grasp what I had said.

What could these words mean to her? They must have sounded like old poetry. How could I expect her to grasp what I had said.

So by innocence you mean not an absence of experience, but an absence of illusions." "An absence of need for illusions," he said.

But there sometimes comes a moment, a small, silent white explosion of awareness.

Either she was admirably at ease anywhere or she suffered from a total lack of discrimination; Liam couldn't decide which.

People tended to be very spendthrift with their language, Kate had noticed. They used a lot more words than they needed to. She