Clarity Quotes

“More matter with less art.”

“In good writing, words become one with things.”

“Genius seems to consistent merely in trueness of sight.”

“All difficulties are easy when they are known.”

“My purpose is, indeed, a horse of that color.”

“Just as the sentence contains one idea in all its fullness, so the paragraph should embrace a distinct episode; and as sentences should follow one another in harmonious sequence, so paragraphs must fit into another like the automatic couplings of railway carriages.”

“The garden of the world has no limits except in your mind. Its presence is more beautiful than the stars with more clarity than the polished mirror of your heart.”

“Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends upon how much he has polished it. Whoever has polished it more sees more - more unseen forms become manifest to him.”

“Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, But love unexplained is clearer.”

“There is a way between voice and presence, where information flows. In disciplined silence it opens; with wandering talk it closes.”

“A thief loves the night. I am day. I reveal essences.”

“Eloquence must be grounded on the plainest narrative.”

“Truth lifts the heart, like water refreshes thirst.”

“To be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false,--this is the mark and character of intelligence.”

“You must ask for what you really want.”

“It is sheer laziness not compressing thought into a reasonable space.”

“Let Go of Your Worries Let go of your worries and be completely clear-hearted, like the face of a mirror that contains no images. If you want a clear mirror, behold yourself and see the shameless truth, which the mirror reflects. If metal can be polished to a mirror-like finish, what polishing might the mirror of the heart require? Between the mirror and the heart is this single difference: the heart conceals secrets, while the mirror does not.”

“Let the waters settle and you will see the moon and the stars mirrored in your own being.”

“You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have”

“Love opens my chest, and thought returns to its confines.”

“If I gaze at my beloved she may feel embarrassed and if I do not, she will feel neglected. I can see the stars reflecting in the calm water of her face but if I look away I lose my clarity.”

“I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw.”

“It is better to have no ideas than false ones.”

“Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.”

“When the subject is strong, simplicity is the only way to treat it.”