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Quotes About Blindness

All the preaching in the world cannot make a man see the truth so long as his eyes are blinded.
~ Charles Spurgeon
My! ain't men blinder'n moles?
~ Amy Lowell
Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.
~ Chanakya
What is it to bring the man out of his sepulchre if you leave him dead? Why lead him into the light if he is still blind? We thank God, that he who forgives our iniquities also heals our diseases.
~ Charles Spurgeon
Truly God was good, to make man so blind.
~ Colleen McCullough
The followers of a great man often put their eyes out, so that they may be the better able to sing his praise.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
By all men bond to Nothing, Being slaves without a lord, By one blind idiot world obeyed, Too blind to be abhorred.
~ Gilbert K. Chesterton
I can no more preach nonviolence to a cowardly man than I can tempt a blind man to enjoy healthy scenes.
~ Mahatma Gandhi
Every mob, in its ignorance and blindness and bewilderment, is a League of Frightened Men that seeks reassurance in collective action.
~ Max Lerner
But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind?
~ Merle Shain
Men! Too blind to see what a stone could see, and too stubborn to be trusted to think for themselves.
~ Robert Jordan
The possession of a great many things, even the best of things, tends to blind one to the real value of anything.
~ Holbrook Jackson
Sometimes men are generous and forgiving, sometimes angry and blind.
~ Irving Stone
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
Jordan ran the London marathon to help raise money for the blind. After jogging that far with her body, I'm surprised she hasn't joined them!
~ Frankie Boyle
Did money give people a blind spot? Rob them of their hearing?
~ Jacqueline Susann
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
~ Swami Vivekananda
It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
~ Helen Keller
Music is generally important to blind people, and most of the blind people that I have come into contact, through my parents, music is very special to them.
~ William Fitzsimmons
Privilege blinds, because it's in its nature to blind. Don't let it blind you too often. Sometimes you will need to push it aside in order to see clearly.
~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
If love is blind, patriotism has lost all five senses.
~ William Blum
Blind faith in bad leaders is not patriotism.
~ Rocky Anderson
Everyone's pet is the most outstanding. This begets mutual blindness.
~ Jean Cocteau
Why are we so blind to see that the only ones we hurt are you and me?
~ Coolio