Orson Scott Card Quotes

Don't be afraid to see what you see.

Closing your eyes isn't going to change anything. Nothing's going to disappear just because you can't see what's going on. In fact, things will even be worse the next time you open your eyes. That's the kind of world we live in. Keep your eyes wide open. Only a coward closes his eyes. Closing your eyes and plugging up your ears won't make time stand still.

Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts.

Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it

There's a terror in knowing what the world is about

Seeing, looking at what others cannot bear to see is what my life is all about.

Funny, when you finally faced reality, it was amazing how clearly you could see things.

The truth can't hurt you, it's just like the dark. It scares you witless, but in time you see things clear and stark.

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth

Paranoia is just having the right information.

Fear is a natural reaction of moving closer to the truth. If we commit ourselves to staying right where we are, then our experience becomes very vivid. Things become very clear when there is nowhere to escape.

I believe in facing reality. But only because I don't like turning my back on it.

Never turn your back on reality. It surrounds you.

Buddhist mindfulness is about the present, but I also think it's about being real. Being awake to everything. Feeling like nothing can hurt you if you can look it straight on.

The best mind-altering drug is the truth.

People don't really want to know what happens. They ask you for just a second, but then they don't want to know.

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.

There's nothing you can know that isn't known.

The dreamer can know no truth, not even about his dream, except by awaking out of it.

Knowledge goes hand and hand with truth.

The beginning of all wisdom is recognition of facts

There are some people who can receive a truth by no other way than to have their understanding shocked and insulted.

I often wonder which is best, to be honest about what you know in this world, or to continue to deny you know it and thereby fool yourself into believing that it does not exist!

It takes a long time to realize a situation is for real, and then you finally face it.

Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence. It cannot be compared to anything else: it is so sharp, precise, obvious, and direct. If we can open, then we suddenly begin to see that our expectations are irrelevant compared with the reality of the situations we are facing.