Quotes About Clarity

Of course if a person looked at his life from above, he could see the whole thing for what it was; he'd only feel lost while he was living it, when he still hadn't figured out that it was in fact a maze and that both the way in and the way out led to the same enormous empty place surrounding it. (From The Thin Place)

Kabir I recently came across: "…just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.

I am ashamed of anyone who has eyes and still can't see.

I am ashamed of anyone who has eyes and still cannot see. (Mrs. Plithiver)

Mairi cupped her daughter's face in her hands. "There are things ye believe, lass, and things that are true. Someday, mayhap, ye'll learn to know the difference.

I want to explain my mistakes. This means I do only the things I completely understand. —Warren Buffett

There are times when a man has need of the open heavens to compass his thoughts.

If you don't know what you want, you end up with a lot you don't. - Chuck Palahniuk

Remembering you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. - Steve Jobs.

Bottom line? No one

Honestly, it's like trying to discuss brain surgery with tapioca.

Two things should have become readily apparent to you by now: First, I'm not the brightest bulb in the pack when it comes to obvious things, and second ... well, it's the same as the first.

When there's something you can't understand no matter how much you think about it, you can't let yourself brood over it forever. ~Allen Walker

State the obvious later!

Interpretation is not necessarily a separate step from observation, for often, as you carefully observe the text, at that very moment you begin to see what it means. Thus, interpretation flows out of observation.

Words are shallow troughs for the deep water of the mind and it is only the fierce, the living, the simple, the clear, the angry mind which can overflow the troughs and go out over the mud, and over the grass, bearing the light of the sun on it like an angry shield.

Recognize that you don't know where you stand, and you will begin to watch where you put your feet. That's when a path appears.

You're going to stay here. You're going to get strong. And then, when your mind is as empty as your glass, you'll know what to do.

It made no sense to him, this idea that some people got God and some people didn't.

I might be confused sometimes in my head but it is not something you need to talk about. Before you can talk you have to line it all up in order and I had rather just let it swirl around until I am too tired to think. You just let the motion in your head wear you out. Never think about it. You just make a bigger mess that way.

And half the job of finding peace is finding understanding. Don't you believe it to be so?

Without a single thought, two hands collide and the world finally makes sense again.

No is a sentence with a period at the end of it.

Remember that it's easier to see where light is coming from in the dark. This is important to remember, for when all the lights go out.