Quotes About Clarity

Cultivate order before confusion sets in.

That dizzying feeling of confusion, if (hopefully) followed by an epiphany of clarity, is the joy of science. If the reader is feeling the former, we hope to deliver the latter by the end of the book.

But there was a rumour—which lingered until it became acceptable currency—that I had bought the disc in bulk to get it into the charts. Possible though this would have been—had I the money, which I hadn't—I did no such thing, nor ever have. The Beatles, then as now, progressed and succeeded on natural impetus, without benefit of stunt or back-door tricks and I would like to make this quite clear.

I had some information and some noise, and needed only to determine what was information and what was noise, and then determine which parts of me I should ignore and which I should listen to.

But this is not that kind of story, the kind meant to explain things. It simply tells things as they are, and as you know there is no explanation for how things are, at least none that would make any difference and allow them to be something else.

You know," she had said, "I believe we are all given at least one moment in our lives when the world reveals itself to us, in all its workings. We comprehend everything at once, and then forget almost all of it a second later, because none of us could hold it all in our heads. But we are changed afterward," shaking her head, "in a most profound way.

Text without context is pretext.

David said to Saul, "Sorry, my lord. Forgive my incompetence." He began to play the coronation psalm he had played for Jonathan on the hillside. Its effect on Saul was immediate. A peace came over him. The whisperer went away. His tension released and his nervous twitching and ticks vanished. It seemed as if his mind all of a sudden became clear and he could even see more clearly with his eyes. It was like a fog had been lifted from over his mind.

Science is the process that takes us from confusion to understanding...

Understanding requires insight. Insight must be anchored.

Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts.

Some dreams never leave you, because they're more than just dreams. They're truth, distilled to purest potency.

A little (one) can sometimes see things in others that us older ones cannot because our judgement gets clouded. —Abbot Saxtus

Sé que hay un motivo para todo. Tal vez en el momento en que se produce un hecho no contamos con la penetración psicológica ni la previsión necesarias para comprender las razones, pero con tiempo y paciencia saldrán a la luz.

If we allow them, children can show us the way out.

This is called a bubble meditation, but you can use a word instead, focusing your mind on that word. If your mind wanders, gently and without judgment bring your attention back to the word. The word you choose can be a neutral word, like the number one. Or it can be a Sanskrit

doubts. We have forgotten who we really are. We do not need to learn about love and balance, about peace and compassion, about forgiveness and faith. We have always known these things.

It takes a long time to write something that is easy to read.

People, Florence thought as she put on her shoes. What do I need them for again?

when she contemplated marrying him—when she even contemplated sleeping with him—though some clear voice in her mind shouted "No!," she thought the voice could be overruled.

And I began to understand How there is nothing complicated in this world That is not of my own making,

All of this is not easy to believe, I know. Most people have no inkling that they're asleep. But you, Suzy, you have long suspected something was wrong. You dreamed of a beautiful world, not knowing that the beautiful world was true—was Reality.

You either see it or you don't.

17There are two sides to every story. The first one to speak sounds true until you hear the other side and they set the record straight.i