“The future is a fog that is still hanging out over the sea, a boat that floats home or does not.”
Anne Sexton (1928–1974) poet from the United States
Source: Anne Sexton: A Self-Portrait in Letters
“The Christian fog of self deception still does its damage: we either deceive ourselves by pretending to believe or overreact into a contempt of all religion. So, away with the fog!”
The Universe of Experience: A Worldview Beyond Science and Religion (1974)
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Colin Wilson (1931–2013) author
Source: The Black Room (1975), p. 20
Context: All men are stuck in a kind of fog. They're surrounded by a wall of fog. They think this is perfectly normal, but it's not. It means that since they can't see much beyond their own little situation, they tend to vegetate. They need some immediate stimulus to keep them alert.
Michael Frayn (1933) British writer
James Fenton (ed.) The Original Michael Frayn (Edinburgh: Salamander Press, 1983) p. 67.
Wilhelm Busch (pastor) (1897–1966) German pastor and writer
Why do I need Jesus? Jesus reveals God to us. p. 11
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Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense (1873)
Context: The pride connected with knowing and sensing lies like a blinding fog over the eyes and senses of men, thus deceiving them concerning the value of existence. For this pride contains within itself the most flattering estimation of the value of knowing. Deception is the most general effect of such pride, but even its most particular effects contain within themselves something of the same deceitful character.
Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Source: 1840s, Works of Love (1847), p. 5
Daniel J. Boorstin (1914–2004) American historian
As quoted by Barbara Gamarekian in Working Profile: Daniel J. Boorstin. Helping the Library of Congress Fulfill Its Mission http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/06/specials/boorstin-working.html, The New York Times (July 8, 1983).
“The fog is clearing; life is a matter of taste.”
Frank Wedekind (1864–1918) German playwright
Source: Spring's Awakening