“Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
Oscar Wilde
“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
“Whoever knows he is deep, strives for clarity; whoever would like to appear deep to the crowd, strives for obscurity. For the crowd considers anything deep if only it cannot see to the bottom: the crowd is so timid and afraid of going into the water.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“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”
Vincent van Gogh
“Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.”
Karl von Clausewitz
