John Knowles book A Separate Peace
Gene, on war.
Source: A Separate Peace (1959), P. 193
“Instead of clearing his own heart the zealot tries to clear the world.”
Source: The Hero with a Thousand Faces
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American mythologist, writer and lecturer 1904–1987Related quotes
“London is the clearing-house of the world.”
Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914) British businessman, politician, and statesman
Speech at Guildhall, London, Jan. 19, 1904.
1900s
“I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.”
Stendhal (1783–1842) French writer
Je ne vois qu'une règle: être clair. Si je ne suis pas clair, tout mon monde est anéanti.
Letter to Honoré de Balzac, Civita Vecchia (30 October 1840)
Mordechai Ben-Ari (1948) Israeli computer scientist
Source: Just a Theory: Exploring the Nature of Science (2005), Chapter 11, “Logic and Mathematics: Scientists Like It Clear and Precise” (p. 184)
“I've always believed clear-eyed sobriety was for the harder hearted.”
Gillian Flynn book Sharp Objects
Source: Sharp Objects
“Clear in thinking, and clear in feeling,
and clear in wanting”
Fernando Pessoa book Mensagem
Poem "D. Pedro", verses 1-2
Message
Original: Claro em pensar, e claro no sentir,
e claro no querer
“I am a mariner of Odysseus with heart of fire but with mind ruthless and clear.”
Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) Greek writer
Toda Raba (1934)
“If the world were clear, art would not exist.”
Albert Camus book The Myth of Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), Absurd Creation