Marguerite Yourcenar Quotes

It seems that great minds a hundred years ago saw what would happen today or tomorrow, while we to whom it is happening blind ourselves in order not to be disturbed in our daily routine.

wisdom ain't seeing what's in your face, but recognizing what's about to come!

A prophet is not someone with special visions, just someone blind to most of what others see

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

Reason! how many eyes hast thou to see evils, and how dim, nay, blind, thou art in preventing them.

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

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

People never notice anything.

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

My parents wouldn't have sent me out into the world with wool over my eyes. You have to be aware, or you'll be swallowed.

We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.

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

Often pagans, with their eyes wide open, do not see very clearly.

A sponge sees everything? A sponge sees nothing.

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.

People who do not see the terrible things therefore do not see the beautiful things, either.

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.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

When you don't know that you don't know, it's a lot different than when you do know that you don't know.

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.

There is no darkness but ignorance.

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