Obscurity Quotes

193 Obscurity quotes by 167 unique authors

Philosophical reflection could not leave the relation of mind and spirit in the obscurity which had satisfied the needs of the naive consciousness. — Wilhelm Wundt
Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls — Taylor Caldwell
The origins of poetry are clearly rooted in obscurity, in secretiveness, in incantation, in spells that must at once invoke and protect, tell the secret… — Mary Ruefle
The coaching profession has lost one of its true legends. Though he was best known for winning more football games than any other coach when… — Grant Teaff
This is what I see, and what troubles me. I look on all sides, and everywhere I see nothing but obscurity. Nature offers me nothing… — Blaise Pascal
I shop a lot more for furniture than I do for clothes. I much prefer going to an antique shop full of obscurities. — Erin Wasson
Tungsten, X-rays, and Coolidge form a trinity that has left an indelible impression upon our life and times. The key word in this triad is… — Chauncey Guy Suits
...ambition without pious restraint must end in failure, often involving in its ruin that beautiful reverence which solaces common men for the obscurity and poverty… — Russell Kirk
"Can any good come out of Nazareth?" This is always the question of the wiseacres and the knowing ones. But the good, the new, comes… — Ludwig Feuerbach
Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it's all been based on the… — Eric Clapton
When we must deal with problems, we instinctively resist trying the way that leads through obscurity and darkness. We wish to hear only of unequivocal… — Carl Jung
Obscurity is where God sends all His favorite sons and daughters. Our society tells us that if and when we get â€˜thereâ€™â€”the job or position… — Jonathan Martin
I myself, a professional mathematician, on re-reading my own work find it strains my mental powers to recall to mind from the figures the meanings… — Johannes Kepler
The ever increasing intensity of despair depends upon the degree of consciousness or is proportionate to this increase: the greater the degree of consciousness, the… — Soren Kierkegaard
My nun, which is how I think of her, was the most profound witness for God's love I've ever encountered in this world. She was… — Cathleen Falsani
As the past has ceased to throw its light upon the future, the mind of man wanders in obscurity. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Obscurantism is the academic theorist's revenge on society for having consigned him or her to relative obscurity - a way of proclaiming one's superiority in… — David Lehman
One of the only coherent philosophical positions is thus revolt. It is a constant confrontation between man and his own obscurity. — Albert Camus
Myth is the practical metabolism of our soulish life, the logic of our obsessions and oversights for which we have no language or code. Myth… — Kenny Smith
Here I beg you to observe in passing that the scruples that prevented ancient writers from using arithmetical terms in geometry, and which can only… — Rene Descartes

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