It is not only useless, it is harmful, to believe in oneself until one truly knows oneself. And to know oneself means… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
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Don't accuse anyone with the temerity to question your sad supernatural fantasies of having a 'closed mind' or being 'blind to possibilities'.… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
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Is it not a strange blindness on our part to teach publicly the techniques of warfare and to reward with medals those… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
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the solution to racism lies in our ability to see its ubiquity but not to concede its inevitability. It lies in the… — Patricia J. Williams Copy Share Image
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Your beliefs can possibly change the world and change lives, but not having an open mind through that same beliefs can blind… — Rey Mellomida Copy Share Image
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Good intentions, regular worship, Bible study, do not prevent blindness. Part of our sinful nature instinctively chooses to see what we want… — David Platt Copy Share Image
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Now as of old the gods give men all good things, excepting only those that are baneful and injurious and useless. These,… — Democritus Copy Share Image
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