Quotes About Clarity

It's a weakness of mine-I want people to understand me.

You may uncover more and, eventually, what seems altogether a mystery to us now may unfold and become plain.

The mistiness of distance hides the truth

Where any answer is possible, all answers are meaningless.

how much is 2+2? Suppose Joseph says: 2+2 = purple, while Maxwell says: 2+2 = 17. Both are wrong but isn't it fair to say that Joseph is wronger than Maxwell? Suppose you said: 2+2=an integer. You'd be right, wouldn't you? Or suppose you said: 2+2=an even integer. You'd be rather righter. Or suppose you said:2+2=3.999. Wouldn't you be nearly right?

Ardo dal desiderio di spiegare, e la mia massima soddisfazione è prendere qualcosa di ragionevolmente intricato e renderlo chiaro passo dopo passo. È il modo più facile per chiarire le cose a me stesso.

Absolute terror seemed paradoxically to have lent a lucidity to her thoughts and words that was entirely out of character.

My fury does not blind me.

A fragment of a sentence amounted almost to a long-winded redundancy.

Así de sencillo.

There were times when a Rational could be too Rational, and chase down the tracks of every thought to the detriment of what was important.

Eliminate the impossible and whatever remained, however improbable, was the truth.

lo evidente es en muchos casos lo más difícil de ver. La gente dice es tan claro como mi nariz, pero ¿qué porción de nuestra nariz podemos ver, a menos que nos den un espejo?

People say "It's as plain as the nose on your face." But how much of the nose on your face can you see, unless someone holds a mirror up to you?

Solo il mio sistema emotivo è stato condizionato, il cervello è come prima. Sono portato a pensare in una determinata direzione, non costretto. E ci sono alcune cose che posso vedere molto più chiaramente, perché mi sono liberato dei vincoli emotivi.

He started blindly but within a month he had that feeling that every scientist recognizes—the endless click-click as unexpected pieces fall into place, as annoying anomalies become anomalous no more—It was the feel of Truth.

The most hopelessly stupid man is he who is not aware that he is wise.

In a rather simple way. It merely required the use of that much–neglected commodity – common sense.

Children don t read to find their identity to free themselves from guilt to quench the thirst for rebellion or to get rid of alienation. They have no use for psychology.... They still believe in God the family angels devils witches goblins logic clarity punctuation and other such obsolete stuff.... When a book is boring they yawn openly. They don t expect their writer to redeem humanity but leave to adults such childish illusions.

Could a man really know what was best for him? How easily men were deluded by a word, a smile, a gesture.

I can no longer be fooled by paint and perfume.

Listen, I will now tell you the truth and there is no other.

But I don't want more things than I need, either.

Cada uno escoge el tono para contar su propia historia; quisiera optar por la claridad durable de una impresión en platino, pero nada en mi destino posee esa luminosa cualidad. Vivo entre difusos matices, velados misterios, incertidumbres; el tono para contar mi vida se ajusta más al de un retrato en sepia...