Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement
“We always have a tendency to see those things that do not exist and to be blind to the great lessons that are right there before our eyes.”
Source: The Pilgrimage: A Contemporary Quest for Ancient Wisdom
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Paulo Coelho844
Brazilian lyricist and novelist 1947Related quotes
Bram van Velde (1895–1981) Dutch painter
short quotes, 31 October 1966; p. 58
1960's, Conversations with Samuel Beckett and Bram van Velde' (1965 - 1969)
Horatio Nelson (1758–1805) Royal Navy Admiral
At the battle of Copenhagen, Ignoring Admiral Parker's signal to retreat, holding his telescope up to his blind eye, and proceeding to victory against the Danish fleet. (2 April 1801); as quoted in Life of Nelson, Ch. 7
1800s
Context: To leave off action"? Well, damn me if I do! You know, Foley, I have only one eye,— I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!
Margaret Thatcher book Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World
Source: Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World, p. xxv
“If we do an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, we will be a blind and toothless nation.”
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement