Top 1200 Moments Of Clarity Quotes & Sayings - Page 12

I cannot recall any moment of clarity about becoming a writer. I always liked to read. That's what did it.

I used to think that you could find peace and it would always be there. And there is a sense of that. But even in the worst moments, catch yourself and remember that within the storm of misfortune there is good fortune. Just get in practice with what they call in Taoism the Wu-wei; the non-action and becoming the observer of it. Just notice and stay at peace with it. I must have admit, that I still have those really disrupting moments.

When you come to a fork in the road, be still, and see with your mind's eye. There you find the clarity you seek.

At every level the greatest obstacle to transforming the world is that we lack the clarity and imagination to conceive that it could be different

We have all probably noted those sudden moments of quiet - those strange and almost miraculous moments in the life of a big city when there is a cessation of traffic noise - just an instant when there is only the sound of footsteps which serves to emphasize a sudden peace. During those seconds it is possible to notice the sunlight, to notice our fellow humans, to take breath.

If you can resolve this transition of [Bashar] Assad, that is absolutely possible, but you have to have a clarity for everybody about the way forward.

Looking back we see with great clarity, and what once appeared as difficulties now reveal themselves as blessings.

But meditate now on steadfastness and clarity, and let those be the wings that lift and soar through the celestial spheres.

To focus means to bring your attention to the center, to concentrate on one thing intently in order to gain clarity.

Revenge only engenders violence, not clarity and true peace. I think liberation must come from within.

Fasting humbles you and brings clarity, even allowing you to get unforgiveness and bitterness out of your heart.

In Holland, you can step into the manager's office and ask him for clarity if you don't know why you're not playing and they are open with you.

The world is yearning for strong leadership and moral clarity; someone who knows the difference between good and bad.

It is our daily duty to consider that in all circumstances of life, pleasurable, painful, or otherwise, the conduct of others, especially of those in the same house; and that, as life is made up, for the most part, not of great occasions, but of small everyday moments, it is the giving to those moments their greatest amount of peace, pleasantness, and security, that contributes most to the sum of human good. Be peaceable. Be cheerful. Be true.

Poetry endures when it possesses passionate and primally sincere clarity in the service of articulating universal human concerns.

All moments of joy include an element of happiness. But not all moments of happiness include joy. Happiness often comes from drive reduction-avoidance of pain or the pursuit of pleasure for pleasure's sake. The essence of joy, on the other hand, is spirit.

What are these better deals the U.K. really wants from Europe and other countries? Some more clarity would be helpful.

A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.

A good leader is not necessarily the most popular person in their business, but the best ones are liked because they are respected for their clarity and vision.

Because clarity and enlightenment are within your own nature, they are regained without moving an inch.

To me, there is no greater way to achieve clarity than to run alone, or share miles with a trusted friend.

Clarity precedes mastery. Craft clear and precise plans/goals/deliverables. And then block out all else.

I had a moment of clarity, saw the feeling in the heart of things, walked out to the garden crying.

One advantage in keeping a diary is that you become aware with reassuring clarity of the changes which you constantly suffer.

To gain support in U.S. Congress and from other nations requires clarity, an acceptable mission and an explicit outcome.

Silence not only lets you listen but to see things with much more clarity than you ever can.

Do not blindly believe what others say. See for yourself what brings contentment, clarity and peace. That is the path for you to follow.

The practice of asanas purges the body of its impurities, bringing strength, firmness, calm, and clarity of mind.

When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows.

They still believe in God, the family, angels, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other obsolete stuff.

When your arms are out wide, you'll capture love and joy and golden moments but other things, too. Mistrust will sneak in on a wave of that joy, and complications will ride the backs of the golden moments, and there will be both love and the risks of love. That's the way it is. That's the design.

I would say that foreign policy is a place where intelligence, resolve, clarity, and confidence in cause, is of extraordinary importance.

This was the great clarity of being beyond emotion, after the reward of having felt everything one could feel.

I've been doing a lot of yoga to help with my running, recovery, and mental clarity. It works great for me.

If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.

A skeptic is one who is willing to question any truth claim, asking for clarity in definition, consistency in logic, and adequacy of evidence.

My quest, through the magic of light and shadow, is to isolate, to simplify, and to give emphasis to form with the greatest clarity.

I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing.

There is nothing harder to estimate than a writer's time, nothing harder to keep track of. There are moments—moments of sustained creation—when his time is fairly valuable; and there are hours and hours when a writer's time isn't worth the paper he is not writing anything on.

Working-class Americans want a clear champion, and there is nothing radical about moral clarity in 2018.

Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare.

Pray for Trump's sanity and clarity, because his power to cause real damage to our country is enormous.

The problem is not software 'friendliness'. It is conceptual clarity. A globe does not say, 'good morning'. It is simple and clear, not 'friendly'.

Poetry, unlike oratory, should not aim at clarity... but be dense with meaning, 'something to be chewed and digested'.

Snow falling soundlessly in the middle of the night will always fill my heart with sweet clarity

We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness and strength so we can help transform the situation.

In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a crime.

Writing is like washing windows in the sun. With every attempt to perfect clarity, you make a new smear.

French Kiss - A Love Letter to Paris, is a tribute to many of the wonderful moments of romance, beauty, hope, and love that I have witnessed and been inspired by in Paris, my adopted home, over the past 40 years. I believe that photography is ultimately about sharing. I am excited to share, with the world, these moments of the heart that have touched my own, in this most beautiful city, Paris

Human ordeals thrive on ignorance. To understand a problem with clarity is already half way towards solving it.

There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.

When people go to a web page, the thing that they want more than anything else is instant clarity.

Let us make sure that the worship services we plan and conduct present that Truth in all its clarity and beauty and goodness.

Built on the foundation of concentration is the third aspect of the Buddha’s path of awakening: clarity of vision and the development of wisdom.

Un homme qui lit, ou qui pense, ou qui calcule, appartient a' l'espe' ce et non au sexe; dans ses meilleurs moments, il e chappe me" me a' l'humain. A person who reads or thinks or calculates, belongs to a kind and not to a gender; in his or her best moments, he or she escapes being human.

After you run, there's a sense of accomplishment; you feel like your life is meaningful. It's a moment of clarity.

I'm a former insurance regulator. What companies really want and need is some clarity about what the rules are.

I can act every single day because I love it; it's just so liberating. It might be rare, but there are certain moments when you really don't feel like yourself. When you are in the character so fully, it's the best feeling ever. I so love it. Even if those moments come just once a day or every other day, they are just worth it.

We think that it's the big moments that define our lives-the wedding, the baby, the new house, the dream job. But really, these big moments of happiness are just the punctuation marks of our personal sagas. The narrative is written every day in the small, the simple, and the common. In your tiny choices, in these tiny changes. In the unconsidered. The overlooked. The discarded. The reclaimed.

The gap is not between knowing it and living it, it's between knowing it and living it consistently. You know, we've all had moments when we got it right. Most of us have moments when we get it right every day. The trouble is getting it right when a curve-ball comes at us.