Quotes about Clarity
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.
- St. Augustine
A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
- St. Augustine
Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
Mere sincerity, passionate devotion, clarity of conviction, and depth of insight are all ultimately useless unless they are rooted in and focused on the person and work of Jesus.
- Sam Storms
The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.
- Samuel Johnson
The more we read God's truths and let truth fill our minds, the less time we'll spend contemplating untruths.
- Lysa TerKeurst
But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.
- Pema Chodron
"We don't take sufficient time to meditate." I get up early in the morning...five o'clock, when my mind and spirit are clear and rested. Then I meditate.
- David O. McKay
Meditation refreshes our mind and helps us let go of old patterns. We spend less time dwelling on the past or worrying about the future; instead, we are focused on the present.
- Deepak Chopra
Enlightenment is but a recognition, not a change at all.
- Marianne Williamson
Prayer is the difference between seeing with our physical eyes and seeing with our spiritual eyes.
- Mark Batterson
Correct division should be preferred over corrupt unity.
- Mark Dever