Shane Koyczan Quotes

Scrape the grey sky clean. Realize every grey cloud is a smoke screen to blind us from the truth, and the truth is whether we see them or not the sun and moon are still there, and always there is light.

Something lurked inside the truth.

Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.

Light seeking light doth light of light beguile: So, ere you find where light in darkness lies, Your light grows dark by losing of your eyes.

Dark Error's other hidden side is truth.

Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?

We believe what we see.’...What do you do when you’re in the dark?

Enlightenment is scary. Sometimes things look better in the dark.

The armour of falsehood is subtly wrought out of darkness, and hides a man not only from others, but from his own soul.

Reality is modest, it won't be seen naked.

Perhaps only in a world of the blind will things be what they truly are.

Where there's smoke, there's bound to be mirrors.

To philosophize with open eyes is to philosophize in the dark. Only the blind can look straight at the sun.

On the surface, an intelligible lie; underneath, the unintelligible truth.

Even the brightest magnesium flare can do little against such dark except blind the eyes of the one holding it. Thus one craves what by seeing one has in fact not seen.

Truth is not always the best basis for happiness. There are certain lies which may constitute a far better and more secure foundation of happiness. There are people who perish when their eyes are opened.

An item that looks perfectly normal on the surface might only be disguised.

People will tell you most of the story… and I’ve learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because they’re afraid.

Masks beneath masks until suddenly the bare bloodless skull.

The gods are blind. And men see only what they wish" - Tyrion Lannister

Throw away the light, the definitions, and say what you see in the dark.

That which you know, know not; and that which you see, see not.

Fear and lies fester in darkness. The truth may wound, but it cuts clean.

A man’s greatest treasures are his illusions - Durzo Blint

The truth that makes us free is always ticking away like a time-bomb in the basement of everybody's church.