Quotes about Clarity
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.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
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.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
The fear, the anger and the despair is born on the ground of wrong perception.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Ignorance is in each cell of our body and our consciousness. It's like a drop of ink diffused in a glass of water.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Knowledge is the first obstacle of the mind that a meditator should be able to remove. We should not be too sure of anything.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
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.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
You've got to make it easy for the judges to mark. It's got to be clean elements.
— Scott Moir
All thing I thought I knew; but now confess, the more I know I know, I know the less.
— John Owen
When we are at our wits' end for an answer, then the Holy Spirit can give us an answer. But how can He give us an answer when we are still well supplied with all sorts of answers of our own?
— Karl Barth
A teacher who cannot explain any abstract subject to a child does not himself thoroughly understand his subject; if he does not attempt to break down his knowledge to fit the child's mind, he does not understand teaching.
— Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
It isn't that they can't see the solution, it's that they can't see the problem.
— GK Chesterton
It's sort of like signing a mortgage or buying a business while drunk. You need to "dry out" a bit and think this thing through before you commit the rest of your life to someone you can't objectively evaluate
— Gary Thomas