Quotes About Clarity

As the flectcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.

To keep the body in good health is a duty. . . otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

There are these four ways of answering questions. Which four? There are questions that should be answered categorically [straightforwardly yes, no, this, that]. There are questions that should be answered with an analytical (qualified) answer [defining or redefining the terms]. There are questions that should be answered with a counter-question. There are questions that should be put aside. These are the four ways of answering questions.

A very great part of the mischiefs that vex the world arises from words.

It may be observed, that very polished languages, and such as are praised for their superior clearness and perspicuity, are generally deficient in strength.

One of the coolest and wisest hours a man has, is just after he awakes in the morning.

How can you see better of a dark night than anybody else, never mind how foolish?

Methinks that in looking at things spiritual, we are too much like oysters observing the sun through the water, and thinking that thick water the thinnest of air.

Why don't ye be sensible, Flask? it's easy to be sensible; why don't ye, then? any man with half an eye can be sensible. I don't know that, Stubb. You sometimes find it rather hard.

No, Stubb; you may pound that knot there as much as you please, but you will never pound into me what you were just now saying.

truth comes in with darkness.

Then there you lie like the one warm spark in the heart of an arctic crystal.

Methinks that in looking at things spiritual, we are too much like oysters observing the sun through water, and thinking that thick water the thinnest of air.

it's easy to be sensible; why don't ye, then? any man with half an eye can be sensible.

My dear sir, in this world it is not so easy to settle these plain things. I have ever found your plain things the knottiest of all.

Sin embargo, a la mañana siguiente, al despertarme, me surgieron las dudas -de alguna manera, con el sueño, se me habían pasado los humos de la vanidad-. Uno de los momentos más serenos y acertados que tiene un hombre es justo por la mañana, al despertarse.

Duce, damn your whipped-cream soul, do you know anything that can clear up this crazy mess?

Tiktai tada mane ap?m? tikroji vienat?, ne užm?rytoji, netikroji, kuriai tamsu tarp sien? ir dar tamsiau už j?, o didžioji vienatv?, kuri yra šviesi kaip sodas be tvoros...

The end is not obvious at the beginning, Artabanus, Book 7 Herodotus

Stress can make people say things they don't mean, though. That's why you have to relax.

the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth were three entirely separate levels of information

War is a bit like other people's marriages; it's hard enough to understand even when you know all the facts. When you only know one side of the story, you have no chance.

Like humidity, the truth thickens all air.

Why cover the same ground again? ... It goes against my grain to repeat a tale told once, and told so clearly.