Quotes About Clarity

The soul does not grow by addition but by subtraction," wrote the fourteenth-century mystic Meister Eckhart.

You are truly, seriously lost, even though you know exactly where you are.

No one understood, she thought, the horrible, insidious, snake-like fear which could run through one's body, sapping one's will to the point when one behaved foolishly simply because one could not think clearly.

The truth is, Papa," she said, "they are not as quick-brained as you or I and therefore all the important things they ought to have said in the first place come to them later when they are in bed or in their baths.

was unfathomable. But really, it wasn't. And that made it worse somehow.

You can't ask for what you want unless you know what it is. A lot of people don't know what they want or they want much less than they deserve. First you have figure out what you want. Second, you have to decide that you deserve it. Third, you have to believe you can get it. And, fourth, you have to have the guts to ask for it.

Clear water sped over rocky clusters whose colors ran from ivories to mossy greens, blues and grays. Though clouds covered the sun, the sway of dappling evergreens gave the water sparkle.

one of the worst things about electronic communication. Lacking facial expression, tone of voice, or context, words could be taken any number of ways. With only one cryptic word now, I was discouraged.

The only way to deal with old baggage was to open it up and sort through. How else to know what to keep and what to toss?

We'd make fewer mistakes if we didn't have to wait for time and distance to give us clarity.

I told her that's exactly how I felt, but I didn't know

Die Vielschichtigkeit der Welt und das Verworrene der Beziehungen in ihr jagt uns allen den Schrecken des Unabsehbaren ein, da täte Klarheit schon ganz gut. Doch was bedeutet Klarheit, wenn die Verhältnisse immer undurchschaubarer werden?

Clutter is postponed decisions.

Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.

Misunderstanding is my cornerstone. It's everyone's, come to think of it. Illusions mistaken for truth are the pavement under our feet.

It is true that I do not speak as well as I can think. But that is true of most people, as nearly as I can tell.

The mind requires rest for clarity and integration, and when silence is maintained for regular interludes, the benefits help to sharpen your mind and balance your life.

For many millennia the people of Earth have been continuously creating their experience by default and neglect. Thoughts and feelings, words and ideas are in a constant search to attract their likenesses. To produce effective and desirable results, thoughts must be clearly focused and directed toward a desired goal. The realization of this knowledge is of key importance in the initiation of humankind into a higher state of awareness.

Good ideas ought not to be dressed up in bad prose.

The best text slides convey their message as starkly and simply as possible. They do not waste words (or slides) on transitional or introductory points, which can and should be stated orally. This means of course that the slides by themselves will not be intelligible as a handout to someone who has not attended the presentation.

You lose your sense of perspective when you get too close, and the charm goes.

If only one could clear out one's mind and heart as ruthlessly as one did one's wardrobe...