Georges Rouault Quotes

Men who are devoid of the power of spiritual perception are unable to recognize anything that cannot be seen externally.

No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Seeing through is rarely seeing into.

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.

He who closes his eyes sees nothing, even in the full light of day.

There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see.

I often see through things right to the apparition itself.

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

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

Seeing the light is a choice, not seeing the light is no choice.

If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.

There is no darkness but ignorance.

It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.

Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion.

When we lack the will to see things as they really are, there is nothing so mystifying as the obvious.

Failing to see the point is not a virtue.

What we don't understand we don't possess.

There are many who stumble in the noon-day, not for want of light, but for want of eyes.

I am ashamed of anyone who has eyes and still can't see.

She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand.

If y'can't see with yore own two eyes what's in front of them, then y'better off closin' 'em an' goin' t'sleep, 'tis far more restful! —Gerul

Knowledge is the barrier to knowing. When knowledge is dropped, knowing flowers.

How hard I find it to see what is right in front of my eyes!

All the preaching in the world cannot make a man see the truth so long as his eyes are blinded.