Only when the form grows clear to you, will the spirit…

Every moment some form grows perfect in hand or face; some tone on the hills or the sea is choicer than the rest; some…

— Walter Pater

Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise

— John Milton

“Oh, thou clear spirit, of thy fire thou madest me, and like a true child of fire, I breathe it back to thee.”

— Herman Melville

Animals have a very clear spirit, and they are so open to the world around them that they can easily be mistreated.

— James Tupper

I'm looking forward to going out at the concert with a clear head, with a clear mind, with a clear spirit and experiencing whatever…

— Lenny Kravitz

I don't read anything about myself. As a child, there was something in me that was just instinctive. I want to be clear in…

— Gloria Vanderbilt

As developing countries became bigger traders, it was clear that the old way of doing business wouldn't fly. To get them back to the…

— Daniel Altman

Know how to get close to it: mountains are often seen from far off - beautiful, interesting, full of challenges. But what happens when…

— Paulo Coelho

The patterns of activity of neurons in sensory areas can be altered by patterns of attention. Experience coupled with attention leads to physical changes…

— Michael Merzenich

Art is the distillate of life, the winnowed result of the experience of a people, the record of the joyous adventure of the creative…

— Lawren Harris

In recent years my understanding of God had evolved into increasingly remote abstractions. I'd come to think of God in terms like Divine Reality,…

— Sue Monk Kidd

Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.

— Adam Zagajewski

Make something, a kind of object, which as it changes or falls apart (dies as it were) or increases in its parts (grows as…

— Jasper Johns

One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse yourselves. The very working of this…

— Susan Sontag

Self-respect and a clear conscience are powerful components of integrity and are the basis for enriching your relationships with others.

— Denis Waitley