Quotes About Clarity

Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.

Thinking too little about things or thinking too much both make us obstinate and fanatical.

For the chief malady of man is restless curiosity about things which he cannot understand; and it is not so bad for him to be in error as to be curious to no purpose.

The last thing one knows when writing a book is what to put first.

Ultimul lucru pe care-l afl?m când alc?tuim o lucrare este cu ce ar fi trebuit s? începem.

Two infinites. Mean. When we read too quickly or too slowly we do not understand anything.

Let them at least learn what is the religion they attack, before attacking it. If this religion boasted of having a clear view of God, and of possessing it open and unveiled, it would be attacking it to say that we see nothing in the world which shows it with this clearness. But since, on the contrary, it says that men are

71 Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.

There is enough light for those who desire only to see, and enough darkness for those of a contrary disposition.

38] Too much and too little wine. Do not give him any, he cannot find the truth. Give him too much; the same thing.

God wishes to move the will rather than the mind. Perfect clarity would help the mind and harm the will. Humble their pride.

Ambiguity goes just so far and no further.

I love the way a list makes a big hodgepodge of things simmer down and behave.

There must be some kind of way out of here,' said the joker to the thief...

Don't Ask Me Nothing About Nothing, I Just Might Tell You the Truth

Definition destroys ... there's nothing definite in this world

Your debutante just knows what you need, but I know what you want.

It's a crazy, mixed up world and you have to look it right in the eye.

less than 10% of the writers have a clear idea of where they want to be in five years with their writing career.

He immediately corrected that thought; he had no idea what reality was

Just as it is important to know what you want in your novel, it is key to know what you want from your career.

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant. —RALPH WALDO EMERSON

They had devised a simple story, with characters, with an objective, with a beginning, middle, and end.

know where he was heading. "A lot of times