Quotes About Clarity

She was alone so she could hear herself thinking. She was alone so she could hear herself living.

Human life is a kind of myopia, everyone walking around, seeing only what's in front of them, or not even that—passing each other by, embroiled in our little dramas to such an extent that we miss out on everything; making big what is small.

No one speaks the truth quite like a child" -H.W. Marsworth

Truth is always a turning point.

The word is a flame burning in a dark glass.

A visitor asked Lincoln what good news he could take home from an audience with the august executive. The president spun a story about a machine that baffled a chess champion by beating him thrice. The stunned champ cried while inspecting the machine, "There's a man in there!"Lincoln's good news, he confided from the heights of leadership, was that there was in fact a man in there.

had shown a light on his little evil through the fog of his rationalizations.

One who has never been in love might mistake either infatuation or a mixture of affection and sexual attraction for being in love. But when the 'real thing' happens, there is no doubt.

If you have the tendency to give too much information, the Two Sentence Principle might be for you. Speak two sentences and then observe or listen to your audience (whether one person or many). Do they want more? Do they look bored or want to leave?

Do you want to come inside for a drink?" she softly offered. "No. No. No, no, no, no. No." Gwen stared at him. "One 'no' would have been clear." "Those 'no's' weren't for you. They were for me. I was simply saying them out loud.

It made perfect sense, and at the same time nothing seemed to.

I looked in the mirror and stared at my reflection, until I was in the head-clearing trance that comes when you stare at something for a long time.

My 20s were a time where I made it; my 30s were when I was away, confused, and trying to figure it all out.

I write when I have something to say and not when I don't. My time is better spent if I know I have nothing to say. I don't consider it writer's block; I just don't have anything to say.

Our eyes are holden that we cannot see things that stare us in the face, until the hour arrives when the mind is ripened; then we behold them, and the time when we saw them not is like a dream.

If the EU doesnÂ''t want Turkey, they should say it now and clearly. If we are not wanted, then both sides donÂ't need to waste their time with negotiations.

There are a lot of things that you can like at a distance without spending a huge amount of time pondering. It's not so complicated.

The first and most important thing of all, at least for writers today, is to strip language clean, to lay it bare down to the bone.

Focus on one point and hold your attention there. The mind will waiver, you'll think a million thoughts, but each time you do, bring your mind back to the point of concentration, seeing it visually.

The world glows all the time. All of the things that you have come to understand aren't. The greatest thinkers in the world see very little compared to the enlightened.

Try to read books about meditation, but not so many different viewpoints that they get confusing. There is no best way. It's just what works for you at the time.

What we're seeking to do is become transparent. A transparent window on reality. But that takes time to do. We're starting with a very solid, objectified view of ourselves and existence

There are billions of people out there walking around and they don't meditate. You can tell. They are not having a good time with their lives. People are not happy.

Meditation is a very powerful time and you are very psychic. It is most important to not allow your attention, your mind, to wander.