“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
“It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.”
Aurea Dicta XLIV, p. 15.
The Rod, the Root, and the Flower (1895)
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“With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.”
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) German scientist, satirist
Bei den meisten Menschen gründet sich der unglaube in einer Sache auf blinden Glauben in einer anderen.
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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)
Sri Aurobindo book Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol
Savitri (1918-1950), Book One : The Book Of Beginnings
“There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another…”
Libba Bray book The Diviners
Source: The Diviners
Source: The Black Company (1984), Chapter 3, “Raker” (p. 79)
“The blind man sits in the dark, but for guests he turns on the light.”
Avner Strauss (1954) Israeli musician
12 Years Before Now, In Jerusalem, the Skies are Lower (1991).
“Blind is his love and best befits the dark- Benvolio (in Romeo and Juliet)”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) English playwright and poet
