logo

Quotes About Clarity

Tan sólo escribe cosas dignas de ser leídas el que únicamente escribe para decir algo.
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
Pseudo-philosophers, on the contrary, use speech, not indeed to conceal their thoughts, as M. de Talleyrand has it, but rather to conceal the absence of them
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
The Buddha, Eckhart and I all teach essentially the same, Eckhart within the bounds of his Christian mythology. In Buddhism, these ideas are not encumbered by any such mythology, and are thus simple and clear, to the extent that a religion can be clear. Complete clarity lies with me.
~ Arthur Schopenhauer
There are, in the capacities of mankind, three varieties: one man will understand a thing by himself; another so far as it is explained to him; a third, neither of himself nor when it is put clearly before him.
~ Arthur Schopenhaur
Every Man Mistakes the Limits of His Vision For The Limits Of The World..
~ Arthur Schoppenhauer
He remained restrained and strangely composed. It was a composure born of extreme provocation. It stemmed from a lucidity that lies beyond rage.
~ Arundhati Roy
She knew very well that she knew very well that she knew very well.
~ Arundhati Roy
Ammu wondered at the transparency of that kiss. It was a clear-as-glass kiss. Unclouded by passion or desire . . . . It was a kiss that demanded no kiss-back. Not a cloudy kiss full of questions that wanted answers.
~ Arundhati Roy
Questions signified a vulgar display of ignorance.
~ Arundhati Roy
The harbinger of harsh reality:
~ Arundhati Roy
tears made everything that had so far seemed unreal, real.
~ Arundhati Roy
the end of the day we're all animals. We need to be shown our pee ell a see ee. A little clarity will go a long way towards helping all the concerned parties. You will be doing her a favour for which she will, one day, be grateful. Believe me, I speak from experience.' R.C. often dropped his voice mid-sentence and spelled out random words, as though he was hoodwinking an imaginary eavesdropper who didn't know how to spell.
~ Arundhati Roy
Poetry can be tedious. Too many words to say a simple thing.
~ Ashley Gardner
Nonetheless, what I saw was: better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes a willingness to try.
~ Atul Gawande
Arriving at meaningful solutions is an inevitably slow and difficult process. Nonetheless, what I saw was: better is possible. It does not take genius. It takes diligence. It takes moral clarity. It takes ingenuity. And above all, it takes willingness to try.
~ Atul Gawande
The problem is that the wise course is so frequently unclear. For a long while, I thought that this was simply because of uncertainty. When it is hard to know what will happen, it is hard to know what to do. But the challenge, I've come to see, is more fundamental than that. One has to decide whether one's fears or one's hopes are what should matter most.
~ Atul Gawande
this claim makes little sense.
~ Atul Gawande
we usually have only vague indicators to rely upon.
~ Atul Gawande
She misinterprets this as a question.
~ Atul Gawande
So you want to keep the list short by focusing on what he called "the killer items" — the steps that are most dangerous to skip and sometimes overlooked nonetheless. The wording should be simple and exact, Boorman went on, and use the familiar language of the profession. Even the look of the checklist matters. Ideally, it should fit on one page. It should be free of clutter and unnecessary colors.
~ Atul Gawande
The successful M & M presentation inevitably involves a certain elision of detail and a lot of passive verbs.
~ Atul Gawande
It's easy to hide in a statement. It's hard to hide between statements," Cook said.
~ Atul Gawande
I tried to sound firm without being harsh. "You
~ Atul Gawande
Good checklists, on the other hand, are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in the most difficult situations.
~ Atul Gawande