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“Pilgrimages of mind or walking meditation - bringing moments of illumination in which the sense of relationship to the rest of existence suddenly stands out with startling and unexpected clarity.”

Mind Moments Existence Meditation Walking Clarity Unexpected Standing Out Illumination Pilgrimage Walking Meditation

Author:David Fontana

“When we look to presumed sources of origin for competing evolutionary explanations of the giraffe's long neck, we find either nothing at all, or only the shortest of speculative conjectures. Length, of course, need not correspond with importance. Garrulous old Polonius , in a rare moment of clarity, reminded us that "brevity is the soul of wit" (and then immediately vitiated his wise observation with a flood of woolly words about Hamlet 's Madness.”

“How many voices have escaped you until now, the venting furnace, the floorboards underfoot, the steady accusations of the clock numbering the minutes no one will mark. The terrible clarity this moment brings, the useless insight, the unbroken dark.”

Moments Voice Dark Minutes Terrible Mark Insight Clarity Useless Clock Steady Accusation Unbroken Furnaces Venting

Book:99 Poems: New & Selected

Source: 99 Poems: New & Selected

“The final product becomes a passionate reflection of all that was revealed to me about my subjects during intense moments of personal clarity.”

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Author:Michael Bell

“I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.”

Moments Dream Beautiful Painting Periods Scary Clarity Frightening Clarity Of Thought Moments Of Clarity

Book:Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890: Vision and Reality

Source: Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890: Vision and Reality

“I don't personally believe in an arrived state of enlightenment. I feel that being human is a constant practice of return. We have moments of clarity, and then we're confused. We have incredibly sensitive periods of being awake, and then we're numb. Being human is a very universal and a very personal practice of learning how to return when we can't get access to what we know.”

Knows Feels Believe Humans States Moments Practice Return Periods Enlightenment Universal Constant Access Clarity Sensitive Awake Confused Being Human Numb Moments Of Clarity

Author:Mark Nepo

“Every loss recapitulates earlier losses, but every affirmation of identity echoes earlier moments of clarity.”

Moments Loss Identity Clarity Echoes Affirmation Moments Of Clarity

Book:Composing a Life

Source: Composing a Life

“You have moments of clarity, things become clear to you that you didn't understand before. But there's never any making ends meet or finding any time of longstanding peace of mind about something.”

Mind Ends Moments Clear Findings Clarity Peace Of Mind Moments Of Clarity

Author:Bruce Springsteen

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

Heart Moments Feelings Saws Cry Garden Clarity Moments Of Clarity

Book:Howl and Other Poems: Pocket Poets Number 4

Source: Howl and Other Poems: Pocket Poets Number 4