clarity quotes

Herbert Asquith's clarity is a great liability because he has nothing to say.

- ArthurJames Balfour, 1st Earl Balfour
Quoted by George Will in Newsweek, 9 Sep1991.

   It is not easy to forbear reflecting with how little reason these men profess themselves the followers of Jesus, who leftthisgreatcharacteristic tohis disciples, thatthey should be known by lovingoneanother, byuniversal and unbounded charity and benevolence.

- Samuel known as Dr Johnson Johnson
  Of the Jesuit missionaries in  Abyssinia.  Johnson's preface to Fr  J de Lobo's Voyage to  Abyssinia.

   La nettete   de l'esprit cause aussi la nettete   de la passion; c'est pourquoi un esprit grand et net aime avec ardeur, et il voit distinctement ce qu'il aime. Clarity of mind results in clarity of passion; that is whya great mind loves ardentlyand sees distinctly what it loves.

- Blaise Pascal
c.1653  Discours sur les passions de l'amour (Discourse on the Passions of Love).This is usually attributed to Pascal.