Overlooking the Obvious Quotes

When someone is seeking, it happens quite easily that he only sees the thing that he is seeking; that he is unable to find anything, unable to absorb anything, because he is only thinking of the thing he is seeking, because he has a goal, because he is obsessed with his goal. Seeking means: to have a goal; but finding means: to be free, to be receptive, to have no goal. You, O worthy one, are perhaps indeed a seeker, for in striving towards your goal, you do not see many things that are under your nose.

The most difficult thing is what is thought to be the simplest; to really see the things which are before your eyes.

The hardest thing is to see what's under your very eyes.

The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.

Life's simplest answers are often the easiest to overlook.

Some people spend so much time hunting treasure that they fail to see it all around them. It's like sifting through gold to find the silt.

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

It has occasionally been remarked upon that it is as easy to overlook something large and obvious as it is to overlook something small and niggling, and that the large things one overlooks often cause problems.

People can be stunningly unobservant.

It’s natural to overlook and even sacrifice the things that belong to us most easily most gracefully. So here’s me asking you to please not make that mistake.

People think that dreams are better than reality but this is not always the case; sometimes, because you dream too much, you are unable to see what you have in front of your very eyes.

Sometimes people in search of a better fishing hole can't see the body of water in front of them.

Oh, Ma, you're looking at all the trees, and I'm not even in the forest.