Quotes About Clarity

to talk to Léon about it, I can see

the one who calls it by its name. To you

Nada contribuye tanto a serenar la mente como una finalidad permanente, un punto en el cual el alma pueda fijar su atención.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Mi sembrava un sogno, però chiaro e oppressivo come la realtà.

For nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose —a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Sometimes I have endeavoured to discover what quality it is which he possesses that elevates him so immeasurably above any other person I ever knew. I believe it to be an intuitive discernment, a quick but never-failing power of judgment, a penetration into the causes of things, unequalled for clearness and precision; add to this a facility of expression and a voice whose varied intonations are soul-subduing music.

But intending to understand ten things, you actually do not understand even one. If you know a hundred flowers you do not "know" a single one.

No, you don't get it, thats why I'm telling you. You think you get it, which isn't the same as actually getting it. Get it? (Kakashi)

I don't understand what's going on, but i'll just pretend that I do.

It all became clear to me that day, September 3, 2004.

Trump's word piles fill public space with static, the way pollutants in an industrial city can saturate the air, making it toxic and creating a state of constant haze. The haze can be so dense that objects become visible only up close, but never in their entirety and never really in focus.

There is only one right answer to any given question at any given time, and how can I tell when the time has come to know the difference?

All she wanted was for me to have a dream, a direction, to stop drifting. She wasn't the only one. I wanted me to stop drifting—still do.

No one will understand you. It is not, ultimately, that important. What is important is that you understand you.

although the more specific the purpose, the better.

Be brutally honest and straightforward. I

Have a clear purpose in mind. Why do you want to talk to this person?

To see the object as in itself it really is

The way we consume information leads us to think less and less about more and more. We spend much of our time fixated on secondary questions (usually related to controversial and sensational issues) and very little time exploring the primary questions about our brief stay here on earth.

You hope friends and family will be sensitive or clairvoyant enough to know what you want. "If you loved me, you'd know what's wrong" is a common assumption.

Criticizing yourself all the time or being overly judgmental of a situation is like wearing dark sunglasses indoors.

There's that first few seconds, right when you wake up in the morning, when your head is absolutely clear. It's like a computer booting up—its screen perfectly clean and white—before the train wreck of your desktop clogs everything up with its disorganized jumble of crap.

I don't want to think anymore. Thinking prevents you from living.