#blind

These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion; or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual. ↗

— Joan D. Vinge

#ancient #blindly #close #comfort #conservative

If this is not done, future ages will certainly look back upon us as a people so immersed in the pursuit of wealth as to be blind to higher considerations. ↗

— Alfred Russel Wallace

#back #blind #certainly #considerations #done

I don't know what religious people do. I kind of wished I'd been a Christian with the blind faith that God is doing the right thing. As a Buddhist, you feel like you have more control over the situation, and that you can change your karma. ↗

— Marcia Wallace

#blind #blind faith #buddhist #change #christian

Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#blind #braille #damned #fun #i

Anyone who watches a lot of television, or listens to pop music, is familiar with a certain vision of America. If not exactly colorblind, this America is one in which different races easily interact, in which a white person might have an Asian boss, Hispanic stepson, or African-American frenemy. ↗

— Wesley Morris

#america #anyone #asian #boss #certain

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish it's source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings. ↗

— Anais Nin

#blindness #death #dies #errors #how

Well, we can't afford blindness anymore. There are tens of thousands of thugs who loathe liberty and love death, and want to annihilate Western civilization. ↗

— Tony Snow

#annihilate #anymore #blindness #civilization #death

Beyond that, states had to also have electronic voting machines that made it possible for people who are physically handicapped to vote in private... and the computerized voting machine made it very easy for, particularly, the blind. ↗

— DeForest Soaries

#beyond #blind #computerized #easy #electronic

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near. ↗

— Sophocles

#every #every man #far #man #near

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism. ↗

— Henry George

#change #conservatism #danger #greater #reckless