I am the One, and I see all. But the blind man in Apartment 1-A is blind in many ways, as are all human beings, even those with functioning eyes. They are blind to their folly, to their ignorance, to their history, to the future that they will make for themselves. A future born of self-loathing.
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Related They say love is blind. I say no, as it is those in love who are the blind ones. For if they just op... ROBERT VANVALKENBURG Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no percep... CHANAKYA All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene. MERYL STREEP POZZO: I am blind. (Silence.) ESTRAGON: Perhaps he can see into the future. SAMUEL BECKETT Poets are damned but they are not blind, they see with the eyes of the angels. WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS This indictment of Christianity I will write on all walls, wherever there are walls - I have letters... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE For better or worse, pessimism without compromise lacks public appeal. In all, the few who have gone... THOMAS LIGOTTI One fine day in the middle of the night Two dead boys got up to fight Back to back they faced ... ANON. Those with an imagination will not go blind if they lose their eyesight. OCEANSKEYESNOW Ignorance is king. Many would not profit by his abdication. Many enrich themselves by means of his d... WALTER M. MILLER JR. HELPED are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and t... ALICE WALKER We always protect our heads, our faces,' he commented as he followed a half-step behind and to her l... MELINDA CROSS When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blin... KAHLIL GIBRAN When sighted people cover their eyes or find themselves in a dark place, this is something that'... ROSEMARY MAHONEY To begin with, I turn back time. I reverse it to that quaint period, the thirties, when the huge mid... TENNESSEE WILLIAMS Having been shown the possibility that God exists, the atheist has
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That in the human plan
Nothing is worth the making if
I... EDWIN MARKHAM Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind. MARSTON BATES Research is the act of going up alleys to see if they are blind. MARK RUSSELL Nature is infinitely rich and diverse in her ways. She can be seen to break her most unchanging laws... JAN POTOCKI The human creature, humiliated and offended in ways that are inconceivable to the mind and heart, de... FRANçOISE MAURIAC I am just another blind man. I do not get the whole picture of what transpires in all places. I am b... JIM BUTCHER In a day and age where it seems like women want to be with unstable, psychotic, manipulative freaks;... C. JOYBELL C. People give themselves to you, in their talking, and in other ways, if you are quiet and patient and... LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see. JOSE SARAMAGO Within his stories there are textual references to blind storytellers, remember Homer (the Homers) m... SUSAN BLOIR I think it is something that is so important, to be very aware of the direction in which the 21st ce... ALFONSO CUARON Observe how many people evade, rationalize and drive their minds into a state of blind stupor, in dr... AYN RAND Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all philosophers. But, i... AYN RAND We always think, 'Well, for a person who's blind, it must be an amazing, joyful miracle if b... ROSEMARY MAHONEY There's a growing need for those who are not yet legally blind but are having difficulty with every ... CAROLYN MESSIER They haven't killed us yet," I say, and I imagine that one day I will fly a plane over Portland, ove... LAUREN OLIVER Human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but ... life... GABRIEL GARCíA MáRQUEZ ...human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but...lif... GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man stupid and blind in the eyes ORSON SCOTT CARD Let other complain that the age is wicked; my complaint is that it is paltry; for it lacks passion. ... SøREN KIERKEGAARD Augustus: "I can still dominate your blind ass at Counterinsurgence," Isaac: "I'm pretty sure a... JOHN GREEN All men are born firstly with the instinct to protect themselves. But few grow to really love themse... CRISS JAMI Human beings of all societies in all periods of history believe that their ideas on the nature of th... EDWARD HARRISON But love is blind, and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit, For if they coul... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The masses do not see the Sirens. They do not hear songs in the air. Blind, deaf, stooping, they pul... NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS "Some people have no rational process. They walk through life with no filter between their brains an... MARIA MAIO they say love is blind, but after a while you should be able to see the world from your partners eye... JOSE TORIBIO Pastoral ministry is a sacrificial call with unique challenges. We are called to take the Gospel to ... C. J. MAHANEY SINCE YOU HAVE BROKEN UP WITH ME
MY HEART IS PAINTED BLACK
MY THOUGHTS ARE BLIND
FOR THEY SEE NO LIG... HLONIM Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. Most of my beholders are blind. BASITH Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his ... HENRY FIELDING Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to admit openly. Some a... SIGMUND FREUD The scenario is they are paralyzed from their waist down plus one half of their upper body. They hav... CARLA GRANSTROM The human spirit will not even begin to try to surrender self-will as long as all seems to be well w... C.S. LEWIS They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very... CHARLES DE SECONDAT love is blind and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that themselves commit WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Love is blind; but it makes you see the blind man; teetering on the roadside . . . MARTIN AMIS The present generation is blind of the future generation BENJAMIN KUSI BOATENG Clearly, we are courting tragedy by turning a blind eye to marketing gimmicks plainly intended to tu... ELIZABETH ESTY It is shocking that every 5 seconds one person goes blind and a child goes blind every minute. World... JOANNA HALL Many people not only lose the benefit, but are even the worse for their mortifications [i.e., sacrif... WILLIAM LAW If you knew what was going to happen, if you knew everything that was going to happen next—if you ... MARGARET ATWOOD I didn't know I was about to be left with her idea of me; with her idea of my goodness pinned onto m... MARGARET ATWOOD
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