A blind man knows he cannot see, and is glad to be led, though it be by a dog; but he that is blind in his understanding, which is the worst blindness of all, believes he sees as the best, and scorns a guide. – Samuel Butler Category: Understanding
If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not. – G. K. Chesterton Category: Understanding
That arc of light, born of the shower and colored by the sun, which spans the heavens! – Jean Charles Prince #rainbow Category: Rainbows
Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth. – Friedrich Nietzsche Category: Truth
Man has always sacrificed truth to his vanity, comfort and advantage. He lives… by make-believe. – W. Somerset Maugham, The Summing Up, 1938 Category: Truth