Quotes about Clarity

Whenever you face crunch time in your life or business, mentally call a time-out in the game and focus on getting all the information you can about the situation before you make a decision or overreact.

Always look like you know where you're going, even when you don't

We must understand the Cosmos as it is and not confuse how it is with how we wish it to be.

Isn't it confusing to have the same name as that scientist guy?" It took me a moment to understand. Was he pulling my leg? Finally, it dawned on me. "I am that scientist guy," I answered. He paused and then smiled. "Sorry. That's my problem. I thought it was yours too.

The raft is used to cross the river. It isn't to be carried around on your shoulders. The finger which points at the moon isn't the moon itself.

Once we recognize that all things are impermanent, we have no problem enjoying them. In fact, real peace and joy are only possible when we see clearly into the nature of impermanence.

The way to suffer well and be happy is to stay in touch with what is actually going on; in doing so, you will gain liberating insights into the true nature of suffering and of joy.

The fear, the anger and the despair is born on the ground of wrong perception.

Ignorance is in each cell of our body and our consciousness. It's like a drop of ink diffused in a glass of water.

Knowledge is the first obstacle of the mind that a meditator should be able to remove. We should not be too sure of anything.

What we lack is not an ideology or a doctrine that will save the world. What we lack is awareness of what we are, of what our true situation really is.

You've got to make it easy for the judges to mark. It's got to be clean elements.