Clarity Quotes

“Thus it is said:
The path into the light seems dark,
the path forward seems to go back,
the direct path seems long,
true power seems weak,
true purity seems tarnished,
true steadfastness seems changeable,
true clarity seems obscure,
the greatest are seems unsophisticated,
the greatest love seems indifferent,
the greatest wisdom seems childish.

The Tao is nowhere to be found.
Yet it nourishes and completes all things.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

“Finding oneself and one's path is like waking up on a foggy day. Be patient, and presently the fog will clear and that which has always been there can be seen. The path is already there to follow”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru, Soul Trader

“Writers whose thoughts are expressed with clarity and precision are assumed by readers to be superficial. Where the meaning is obscured, then readers give more attention and consider the fruit of their labour more valuable”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“It may be necessary to stand on the outside of one is to see things clearly.”
― Peter Høeg, Tales of the Night

“How good it is, when you have roast meat or suchlike foods before you, to impress on your mind that this is the dead body of a fish, this the dead body of a bird or pig.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Alas, is even Love too weak to unlock the heart and let it speak? Are even lovers powerless to reveal To one another what indeed they feel?”
― Matthew Arnold, Dover Beach and Other Poems

“There are times when a man has need of the open heavens to compass his thoughts.”
― Kathryn Worth, They Loved to Laugh

“Gabriel?” I said.
“Yeah?” His voice was breathless.
“Kiss me.”
― Kim Harrington, Perception

“The journey is the mystery…the destination the answer. If you don’t have a happy ending yet, you have not finished reading the right book.”
― Shannon Alder

“Cultivate clarity, strength, vitality and power from natural, beautiful and organic living foods.”
― Bryant McGill, Voice of Reason

“If we were to gain God's perspective, even for a moment, and were to look at the way we go through life accumulating and hoarding and displaying our things, we would have the same feelings of horror and pity that any sane person has when he views people in an asylum endlessly beating their heads against the wall.”
― Randy Alcorn, Money, Possessions, and Eternity: A Comprehensive Guide to What the Bible Says about Financial Stewardship, Generosity, Materialism, Retirement, Financial Planning, Gambling, Debt, and More

“In life, you can learn a lot by simply watching the water.”
― Lionel Suggs

“I would rather be calm and focused, than human and emotional.”
― Lionel Suggs

“The difference between a trained mind and a free mind is that a trained mind will fail to see just how trained their mind is by tradition, while a free mind has discarded such limitations...”
― Lionel Suggs

“Humans tend to cling on to a picture that was painted in front of their eyes, instead of opening up their mind to the painting that was already there...”
― Lionel Suggs

“Most do not understand what sight is. The mind isn't free. If you don't want to see something, you simply just need to open your eyes.”
― Lionel Suggs

“When being objective, we can transcend and look back at our constructs with powerful clarity; instead of looking through them, which can give a murky and distorted view.”
― Jay Woodman

“I bow to purity
But what is pure?
Show me purity
I bow to clarity
But what is clear?
Show me clarity”
― Rixa White

“When dreams are not clear, the results are often as blurred. You won't be able to arrive at your desired destination if you are not certain of where you're going. You have to be able to see clearly and perfectly.”
― Jan Mckingley Hilado, Rich Real Radical: 40 Lessons from a Magna Cum Laude and a College Drop Out

“It seems an odd idea to my students that poetry, like all art, leads us away from itself, back to the world in which we live. It furnishes the vision. It shows with intense clarity what is already there.”
― Helen Bevington, When Found, Make a Verse of

“Could you possibly be a little more incoherent?" asked Olivenko. "There are bits of this I'm almost understanding, and I'm sure that's not what you have in mind.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ruins

“When there is no distraction, there is clarity.”
― Lorii Myers, No Excuses, The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book

“He saw with sudden awful clarity that if he turned tail now and if, by some appalling miracle, she should survive, he'd never hear the end of it. She'd latch onto his flawed character and hold it up for relentless ridicule till the end of time, or thereabouts.”
― Helen Hodgman, Blue Skies & Jack and Jill

“...I look out at the world through your transparent face...”
― John Geddes, A Familiar Rain

“Begin. . . where you are, NOT where you want to be. Begin stuck in the doldrums of your false story--if that is where you are. Begin there because, in truth, there is no other place to start from. Tell yourself that you are going to listen for the sound of your own voice--and remind yourself when you forget. And you will forget, over and over again.”
― Florence Falk, On My Own: The Art of Being a Woman Alone

“Look at a full vivid painting, and look at an empty picture. If you can immediately see an entire universe within the empty picture, and absolutely nothing in the vivid painting, clarity is your friend. If you immediately see a full vivid painting and an empty picture, and see them for what they are, slavery is your friend.”
― Lionel Suggs

“Many things become clearer with the perspective of maturity gained.”
― Jacqueline Patricks

“Let me be clear: I don’t want to make love to a mannequin—I want to make love like a mannequin. Oh, if only I were that animated in bed.
”
― Dark Jar Tin Zoo, Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.