Blindness – Quotes

Lend your light to

Lend your light to the blind. Why should the wickedness of men irritate you, when it is only blindness? Eugenio Maria de Hostos

The plain man is familiar with blindness and deafness, and knows from his everyday experience that the look of things is influenced by his senses; but it never occurs to him to regard the whole world as the creation of his senses. Ernst Mach

The attributes for entrepreneurs

The attributes for entrepreneurs cut both ways. You need the ability to ignore inconvenient facts and see the world as it should be and not as it is. This inspires people to take huge leaps of faith. But this blindness to facts can be a liability, too. The characteristics that help entrepreneurs succeed can also … Read more

For diabetes in particular,

For diabetes in particular, we know there’s a relationship between lack of glucose regulation and complications like blindness and kidney failure. So if you were diabetic and you knew that you could get your glucose in a tight, normal range just by adjusting your lifestyle, wouldn’t that be great? Eric Topol

I give money to

I give money to Unicef because I like the ‘bang for your buck’ aspect. Here’s $10, go and save 1,000 kids from blindness! Emo Philips

The more one is

The more one is absorbed in so-called philosophy, the greater one’s delusion and blindness. Emanuel Swedenborg

There will never be

There will never be color blindness in a culture of fear. Ellen Hopkins

Not Exactly True That

Not Exactly True That skin hate is dead. There will never be color blindness in a culture of fear. But when you live afraid of your neighbor, the monster you should most walk in terror of thrives. It starts as a little thing, small enough to burrow into your pores, take up excruciating residence in … Read more

The things I feared

The things I feared were not in the sky, but in the nature and in the touch of humanity. The cruelty of children . . . the blindness of the unpitiful – these were my terrors. But not the crash of thunder overhead, not the bolts of fire from the clouds. Ellen Glasgow

With every rising of

With every rising of the sun Think of your life as just begun. The past has shrived and buried deep All yesterdays— there let them sleep, Nor seek to summon back one ghost Of that innumerable host. Concern yourself with but today; Woo it and teach it to obey Your wish and will. Since time … Read more