Clear-eyed Quotes

Such power there is in clear-eyed self-restraint.

I'm a realist and I always have been.

The Taliban has not, in my judgment, in any significant way changed their fundamental goal and objective, which is to take over Afghanistan and return to running that country. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't have negotiation talks with them. I think we should. But we've got to be clear-eyed about it.

When a man speaks the truth in the spirit of truth, his eye is as clear as the heavens. When he has base ends, and speaks falsely, the eye is muddy, and sometimes asquint.

Disillusionment means having no more misconceptions, false impressions, and false judgments in life; it means being free from these deceptions. Refusing to be disillusioned is the cause of much of the suffering of human life.

Actually," Alan said, earnest and clear-eyed, "this is my first time playing poker.

Proud, then, clear-eyed and laughing, go to greet Death as a friend!

No, Mary had no illusions about romance. Falling in love was a pretty name for it, that was all.

I've always believed clear-eyed sobriety was for the harder hearted.