Bei den meisten Menschen gründet sich der unglaube in einer Sache auf blinden Glauben in einer anderen.
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L 81
Variant translation: With most people disbelief in a thing is founded on a blind belief in some other thing.
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook L (1793-1796)
“The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another.”
Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933) American diplomat
Fisherman's Luck http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext97/fshlk10.txt, ch. 5 (1899) <br class="br">Context: The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.
“It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.”
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896) English poet
Aurea Dicta XLIV, p. 15.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
Eugen Drewermann (1940) German psychologist and theologian
Quoted in Michael Meier and Marlène Schnieper, "Wir haben Gott zu einem Ding degradiert," http://www.kath.ch/index.php?na=11,0,0,0,d,36145 Kath.ch.
“Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another.”
Aldo Leopold book A Sand County Almanac
Source: A Sand County Almanac, 1949, Manitoba: Clandeboye, p. 168.
Source: A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
“Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Jerry Falwell (1933–2007) American evangelical pastor, televangelist, and conservative political commentator
Listen, America! (1981)
“It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible.”
Eric Hoffer (1898–1983) American philosopher
Section 56
The True Believer (1951), Part Three: United Action and Self-Sacrifice
Source: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements
Context: It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible. What we know as blind faith is sustained by innumerable unbeliefs.
Context: The readiness for self-sacrifice is contingent on an imperviousness to the realities of life.... For self-sacrifice is an unreasonable act.... All active mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful and the realities of the world.... by claiming that the ultimate and absolute truth is already embodied in their doctrine and that there is no truth nor certitude outside it.... To rely on the evidence of senses and of reason is heresy and treason. It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible. What we know as blind faith is sustained by innumerable unbeliefs.
“Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising.”
Alan Kay (1940) computer scientist
ACM Queue A Conversation with Alan Kay Vol. 2, No. 9 - Dec/Jan 2004-2005 http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1039523 <br class="br">2000s, A Conversation with Alan Kay, 2004–05 <br class="br">Context: Most creativity is a transition from one context into another where things are more surprising. There’s an element of surprise, and especially in science, there is often laughter that goes along with the “Aha.” Art also has this element. Our job is to remind us that there are more contexts than the one that we’re in — the one that we think is reality.
Frank Zappa (1940–1993) American musician, songwriter, composer, and record and film producer
Oui interview (1979)
Context: Certification from one source or another seems to be the most important thing to people all over the world. A piece of paper from a school that says you’re smart, a pat on the head from your parents that says you’re good or some reinforcement from your peers that makes you think what you’re doing is worthwhile. People are just waiting around to get certified.
