Quotes About Clarity

Would it have been worthwhile If one settling a pillow by her head should say: That is not what I meant at all That is not it at all

Sometimes obvious foolishness is the only answer to grave problems.

When you stopped to think about it, he reflected, there weren't many things in life one truly needed. To want too much was worse than greed: it was stupidity - a waste of precious time and effort.

Utan tvivel är man inte klok.

In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it.

the more you look at anger, the more it disappears beneath one's very eyes, like the frost melting under the morning sun. When one genuinely looks at it, it suddenly loses its strength.

We say we want the truth; what we mean is that we want to be correct. —Mihnea Moldoveanu

Anybody can look like a genius if they have all the answers ahead of time," Quinn said.

Where everyone else sees a straight line, you see a maze, and when I'm done talking to you, the maze starts to make more sense --Reply by Dove to Aly's silent inquiry

You can smack some people in the face with a haddock and they'll still call it a mouse if a mouse is what they want to see.

Strange, that when we feel we understand all things, we understand nothing. Strange, that when we feel we understand nothing we have begun, at last, to understand.

So Coira grew now, with two distinct sides. The silent, loveless, light side, where everything was clear and plain and harsh. And the shadow side, softer and secretive, kind in its own way, philosophical, and convinced of spirit.

Who does not know?

You are already for something. Do you know for what?

Lit more than enlightened.

We can think of few things more tangible than a stool to the head, Staff Sergeant.

Intellect is a part of a good faith. Intellect is the light, the heart is the direction.

If there is a smoke, there is a fire, the saying goes, That is quite true, but one should find what the fire is, and who lit it.

I like the modern form. Anyone who absolutely has to understand everything he sees misses a lot. It's not always true that obscure words come from obscure thoughts.

The promise was a strong tie, hard, but I knew where I stood. If it's gone, I don't know where I am. When there's a strong scent in the spring twilight, I know least of all.

Be sure that you do.

The light came into the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it, but that no longer mattered because the light was now obliteration the darkness.

Light came into the darkness, but the darkness didn't understand it, Susan said. Look to the light. Only the light can save you from yourself.

What was once obvious to them was no longer quite as obvious. Why was it that humans lost sight of truth so quickly?