#clarity

If there was no free will in men, then there is no sins. When sins happened, it was 'free will' that made them doable. This is true, unless God has predestined human to do and to have sins. ↗

— Toba Beta

#free-will #god #life #sins #truth

They spoke politely and with deference to the adults, whereas it went against my nature not to speak plainly. To many people speaking plainly is the same as speaking rudely. Whereas to me, if one was direct, it saved time and misunderstanding. ↗

— Theresa Breslin

#etiquette #matteo #speaking #nature

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink. ↗

— George Orwell

#english-language #insincerity #english

Clarity affords focus. ↗

— Thomas Leonard

#affords #clarity #focus

My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues. ↗

— Peter Singer

#based #better #clarity #consistency #ethical

You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark. ↗

— Giovanni Boccaccio

#clarity #mind #power #read #perseverance

The journey is the mystery…the destination the answer. If you don’t have a happy ending yet, you have not finished reading the right book. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#life #love #understanding #life

Thus it is said: The path into the light seems dark, the path forward seems to go back, the direct path seems long, true power seems weak, true purity seems tarnished, true steadfastness seems changeable, true clarity seems obscure, the greatest are seems unsophisticated, the greatest love seems indifferent, the greatest wisdom seems childish. The Tao is nowhere to be found. Yet it nourishes and completes all things. ↗

— Lao Tzu

#light #love #path #power #purity

A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#inspirational #journey #life #motivational #success

When you take a pitch and line it somewhere, it's like you've thought of something and put it there with beautiful clarity. ↗

— Reggie Jackson

#clarity #like #line #pitch #put