“There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another…”
Libba Bray book The Diviners
Source: The Diviners
Source: The Burning Page (2016), Chapter 25 (p. 338)
“There are times when one friend requires the blind faith of another…”
Libba Bray book The Diviners
Source: The Diviners
Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) Swiss philosopher
[2013, From the Divine to the Human, World Wisdom, 97, 978-1-936597-32-1]
Spiritual life, Faith
“Conscious faith is freedom. Emotional faith is slavery. Mechanical faith is foolishness.”
G. I. Gurdjieff (1866–1949) influential spiritual teacher, Armenian philosopher, composer and writer
Aphorisms
“Paranoia is just another word for ignorance.”
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
2000s, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century (2004)
“Those who do not think that employment is systemic slavery are either blind or employed.”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb book The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Source: The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 30
“Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.”
Melissa Bank book The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
Source: The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing
“Freedom's just another word for "nothing left to lose".”
Kris Kristofferson (1936) American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and film actor
Song lyrics, Me and Bobby McGee (1969)
Variant: Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose
Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free
“You don't need words — just one kiss, then another.”
Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
Song lyrics, The Sensual World (1989)
“Faith is a question of eyesight; even the blind can see that.”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
“Does God Exist?,” p. 103
The Sun Watches the Sun (1999), Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”