Obscurity Quotes

193 Obscurity quotes by 167 unique authors

There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition — Blaise Pascal
Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it will make clear… — Mark Twain
Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity… — Daniel Webster
What makes a hero? Courage, strength, morality, withstanding adversity? Are these the traits that truly show and create a hero? Is the light truly the… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
We hear the ambient noise of children singing. We hear lions and tigers roar. Hyenas laugh. Some jungle bird or howler monkey declares its existence,… — Chuck Palahniuk
While fame impedes and constricts, obscurity wraps about a man like a mist; obscurity is dark, ample, and free; obscurity lets the mind take its… — Virginia Woolf
I just remember their kindness and goodness to me, and their peacefulness and their utter simplicity. They inspired real reverence, and I think, in a… — Thomas Merton
Obscurity is never a virtue. — Roald Dahl
Why, oh why must one grow up, why must one inherit this heavy, numbing responsibility of living an undiscovered life? Out of the nothingness and… — D. H. Lawrence
What we have not had to decipher, to elucidate by our own efforts, what was clear before we looked at it, is not ours. From… — Marcel Proust
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help… — Carl Sagan
All that belongs to human understanding, in this deep ignorance and obscurity, is to be sceptical, or at least cautious, and not to admit of… — David Hume
Be happy, noble heart, be blessed for all the good thou hast done and wilt do hereafter, and let my gratitude remain in obscurity like… — Alexandre Dumas
Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors and creative artists than piracy. — Tim O'Reilly
I like the spirit of this great London which I feel around me. Who but a coward would pass his whole life in hamlets; and… — Charlotte Bronte
College wasn't like the real world. In the real world people dropped names based on their renown. In college, people dropped names based on their… — Jeffrey Eugenides
It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these jokers don't even… — Robert A. Heinlein
I thought that my voyage had come to its end at the last limit of my power, that the path before me was closed, that… — Rabindranath Tagore
The door was locked and Alexia, resourceful as she was, had not yet learned to pick locks. Though she mentally added it to her list… — Gail Carriger

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