“A poet dares to be just so clear and no clearer; he approaches lucid ground warily, like a mariner who is determined not to scrape his bottom on anything solid. A poet's pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.” LittlesDoePoetryPleasureClearPoetApproachBottomDareDeterminedRemoveVeilsTriflesMariners Author:E. B. White
“To die every day to every problem, every pleasure, and not carry over any problem at all; so the mind remains tremendously attentive, active, clear.” MindProblemDiesPleasureClearRemainsActive Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'” IfsChildrenLittlesImportantHelpingMightMotherGirlAsksPleasureClearTeacherMessagesBusyBotherPuzzlesFrustratingRequestImportant Work Author:Daniel Goleman
“Childhood is less clear to me than to many people: when it ended I turned my face away from it for no reason that I know about, certainly without the usual reason of unhappy memories. For many years that worried me, but then I discovered that the tales of former children are seldom to be trusted. Some people supply too many past victories or pleasures with which to comfort themselves, and other people cling to pains, real and imagined, to excuse what they have become.” PeopleKnowsYearsChildrenRealReasonPainPastFacesMemoriesPleasureClearChildhoodVictoryComfortExcuseUnhappyTalesFormerWorriedNo ReasonUsualTrustedHappy Memories Author:Lillian Hellman
“The villager, born humbly and bred hard, Content his wealth, and poverty his guard, In action simply just, in conscience clear, By guilt untainted, undisturb'd by fear, His means but scanty, and his wants but few, Labor his business, and his pleasure too, Enjoys more comforts in a single hour Than ages give the wretch condemn'd to power.” WantGivingMeanHardAgeActionEnjoyBornHoursWealthPleasurePovertyClearComfortConscienceLaborGuiltWealth And Poverty Book:The Poetical Works of C. Churchill: In Three Volumes. with the Life of the Author Source: The Poetical Works of C. Churchill: In Three Volumes. with the Life of the Author
“The unlucky hand dealt to clear and precise writers is that people assume they are superficial and so do not go to any trouble inreading them: and the lucky hand dealt to unclear ones is that the reader does go to some trouble and then attributes the pleasure he experiences in his own zeal to them.” PeopleDoeHandsReadingPleasureClearTroubleReaderLuckyAssumingAttributesSuperficialPreciseZealUnluckyUnclear Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Live with it. You live with pleasure, don't you? Why don't you live with suffering completely? Can you live with it in the sense of not escaping from it? What takes place? Watch. The mind is very clear, sharp. It is faced with the fact. The very suffering transformed into passion is enormous. From that arises a mind that can never be hurt. Full stop. That is the secret.” MindFactsSufferingPassionHurtPleasureSecretWatchesClearSadnessSadEnormousAriseTransformedEscaping Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“As far as I'm concerned, it is clear that the concept of premium will be increasingly defined through sustainability in the future. BMW, like no other brand, will still stand for vitality and driving pleasure in the future. But it will also represent efficiency and environmental friendliness.” StillsPleasureClearConceptsConcernedEnvironmentalDrivingDefinedBrandsSustainabilityEfficiencyVitalityPremiumFriendlinessBmw Author:Norbert Reithofer
“I think that sense of always traveling has something to do with anonymity and privacy and pleasure in having a very clear, very reductive life.” ThinkingPleasureClearPrivacyAnonymity Author:Kiki Smith
“Creativity does not belong exclusively to professional artists and geniuses; it is the birthright of every single human being. Creativity is our common heritage. You don’t need to quit your job and move to Paris in order to lay claim to this heritage - all you have to do is clear some space in your life for whimsy, invention, sensory pleasure, and play. Most of all, you have to learn how to follow your curiosity more than your fear.” NeedsHumansDoePlayJobsMovingArtistOrderHuman BeingsSpacePleasureCommonCreativityClearGeniusClaimsLaysCuriosityQuittingInventionParisHeritageSensoryBirthrightWhimsyQuitting Your Job Author:Elizabeth Gilbert