I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light.
—Isaac Newton
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
—Billy Wilder
Layer by layer art strips life bare.
—Robert Musil
When, at some point in our lives, we meet a real tragedy—which could happen to any one of us—we can react in two ways. Obviously, we can lose hope, let ourselves slip into discouragement, into alcohol, drugs, and unending sadness. Or else we can wake ourselves up, discover in ourselves an energy that was hidden there, and act with more clarity, more force.
—14th Dalai Lama
Love is not blind—it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.
—Rabbi Julius Gordon
My father… used to say, "I need my anger. It obliges me to take action." I think my father was partly right. Anger arises, naturally, to signal disturbing situations that might require action. But actions initiated in anger perpetuate suffering. The most effective actions are those conceived in the wisdom of clarity.
—Sylvia Boorstein
He talked with more claret than clarity.
—Susan Ertz
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
—Niels Bohr