Irving Kristol Quotes

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

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

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.

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.

Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others.

The obvious is the hardest thing of all to point out to anyone who has genuinely lost sight of it.

It is not confused. We are.

It is sure to be dark if you shut your eyes.

You showed me everything was black cause my eyes were closed.

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

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

We all not only could know everything. We do. We just tell ourselves we don't to make it all bearable.

I think the greatest illusion we have is that denial protects us. It's actually the biggest distortion and lie. In fact, staying asleep is what's killing us.

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.

I don't think ignorance is a way that you gain distance on something.

Seeing reality for what it is is what we call discernment. The work of discernment is very hard.

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

No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.

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

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

There is no darkness but ignorance.

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