Why is clarity of thought so difficult

rumination

clouding

excessive fixation

confusion

Ill habits of the mind

“Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment.”

Ira Gassen

...everything that can be said can be said clearly.”

Ludwig Wittgenstein

“We sometimes get all the information, but we refuse to get the message.”

Cullen Hightower

The limits of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.”

Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact.”

George Eliot

 

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

Benjamin Franklin

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names.”

Chinese Proverb

 Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.”

Jim Rohn