The Clarity Blog

“We’re breaking all of the rules. Even our own rules…”.
– John Cage

“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”
– Andy Warhol

“The real tragedy of our postcolonial world is not that the majority of people had no say in whether or not they wanted this new world; rather, it is that the majority have not been given the tools to negotiate this new world.”
– Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“The real tragedy of our postcolonial world is not that the majority of people had no say in whether or not they wanted this new world; rather, it is that the majority have not been given the tools to negotiate this new world.”
– Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Rats and roaches live by competition under the law of supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.”

– Wendell Berry

“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.”

– Ursula K. Le Guin

“Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind….For Love not only annihilates our fear of meaninglessness but empowers us to seek the happiness of others. And this indeed is our greatest happiness.” 
– Leo Tolstoy

“Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It’s lighter than you think.” – Sister Corita Kent

“I hate writing, I love having written.” – Dorothy Parker

“The function of freedom is to free someone else.” – Toni Morrison

“Love and work are the cornerstones of our humanness.”

– Sigmund Freud

“Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.”

– Henry James

“If you are losing your leisure, look out! — It may be you are losing your soul.” 

– Virginia Woolf

“You get further in life by avoiding repeated stupidity than you do by striving for maximum intelligence.”  

— Charlie Munger

“Outdoors we are confronted everywhere with wonders; we see that the miraculous is not extraordinary, but the common mode of existence. It is our daily bread.”  
– Wendell Berry

“Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.”                                                  
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe