Terry Tempest Williams Quotes

The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.

...you find your genius by looking in the mirror of your life. Your visible image shows your inner truth, so when you're estimating others, what you see is what you get. It therefore becomes critically important to see generously, or you will get only what you see; to see sharply, so that you discern the mix of traits rather than a generalized lump; and to see deeply into dark shadows, or else you will be deceived.

You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the sun.

I think we all suffer from acute blindness at times. Life is a constant journey of trying to open your eyes. I'm just beginning my journey, and my eyes aren't fully open yet.

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

Your desires and true beliefs have a way of playing blind man's bluff. You must corner the inner facts.

Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be.

The more you try to turn away from darkness, the more darkness is right against your back.

Everyone should go inward, get curious about themselves, and investigate their shadows. It's one of the most important gifts we can give humanity. It's one of our most vital causes.

Sometimes a certain innocence is good, but not about yourself.

I'm not good," he said, piercing me with eyes that absorbed all light but reflected none, "but I was worse.

I am the One, and I see all. But the blind man in Apartment 1-A is blind in many ways, as are all human beings, even those with functioning eyes. They are blind to their folly, to their ignorance, to their history, to the future that they will make for themselves. A future born of self-loathing.

It is not in Montaigne, but in myself, that I find all that I see in him.

To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think.

When you bring the light into your dark house, that is when you see the cobwebs and spiders

I have known men who could see through the motivations of others with the skill of a clairvoyant; only to prove blind to their own mistakes. I have been one of those men.

The greatest fault is to be conscious of none.

Your inability to see yourself clearly is what's keeping you alive.

The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.

Just as much as we see in others we have in ourselves.