“A Zen master used to say, It is clear and so it is hard to see. A dunce once searched for a fire with a lighted lantern. Had he known what fire was, he could have cooked his rice much sooner.” HardUsedKnownClearFireMastersRiceLanternsZen MasterDunces Author:Rajneesh
“I alone must solve my problem. I have to clear my mind of everything else, think hard, analyze, explore my options, plan a strategy for the immediate situation, and then do whatever it takes. Sometimes it means scraping off what I have done and starting over again and again.” ThinkingMindMeanSometimesHardDoneProblemSituationClearPlansStrategyStartingSolveAgain And AgainStarting OverWhatever It TakesScrapingStarting Over Again Author:Richard Schmid
“A nation that fails to plan intelligently for the development and protection of its precious waters will be condemned to wither because of its shortsightedness. The hard lessons of history are clear, written on the deserted sands and ruins of once proud civilizations.” HardNationsWaterClearPlansFailingWrittenDevelopmentProudCivilizationLessonsEnvironmentalProtectionRuinsSandDesertedHard Lessons Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969 Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968-1969
“I had a hard time watching "Wolf Creek." It is a film with one clear purpose: To establish the commercial credentials of its director by showing his skill at depicting the brutal tracking, torture and mutilation of screaming young women. When the killer severs the spine of one of his victims and calls her "a head on a stick," I wanted to walk out of the theater and keep on walking.” HardWantedFilmYoungPurposeWalksClearWalkingDirectorsSkillsTheaterVictimSticksTortureHard TimesKillersBrutalYoung WomenSpineCreeksCredentialsTrackingMutilation Author:Roger Ebert
“In my view, the ideal prime minister is patient, hard-working, compassionate and has a clear vision, driven by the fair go.” HardViewsVisionClearHard WorkFairsIdealsPatientDrivenMinistersPrimeCompassionatePrime MinisterClear Vision Author:Julia Gillard
“The freedoms which had been so hard won from colonial domination were being crushed by Soviet-inspired and funded military and political forces. Their clear intention was to deprive the people of their democratic freedoms. As history shows, this is what had happened in the Soviet Union and in Cuba, and continues to be the case in other parts of the world.” PeopleWorldHardShowsPoliticalForceCasesClearHappenedMilitaryUnionsDemocraticIntentionInspiredSovietSoviet UnionDominationCrushedCuba Author:Augusto Pinochet
“You can spend your life competing in a world that talks too loud / You can lose your own direction getting lost among the crowd / Confusion - is it any wonder that the road ahead's not clear / Well you can try too hard to find it now I realise it's here” WorldTryingWellsHardLostLosesWonderClearCrowdsConfusionLoudRealisingCompetingGetting Lost Author:Kim Wilde
“I will never forget that the only reason I'm standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky. Stood up when it was hard. Stood up when it wasn't popular. And because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world.” WorldHardReasonTodayPurposeForgetMillionsCourageClearThousandStandingChanging The WorldNever ForgetStood Up Author:Barack Obama