Shut Our Eyes Quotes

12 Shut Our Eyes quotes by 9 unique authors

The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall… — Seneca the Younger
It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen… — Patrick Henry
This civilization is rapidly passing away, however. Let us rejoice or else lament the fact as much as everyone of us likes; but do not… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears...as easily as we open and shut our eyes. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
[W]e all lie down in our bed of earth as sure to wake as ever we can be to shut our eyes. — Joseph Hall
It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to… — Gertrude Stein
Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate, or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. — Henry Miller
Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to… — Henry Miller
You and I, being grown-up and having lost our hearts at least twice or thrice along the way, might shut our eyes and cry out:… — Catherynne M. Valente
It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, till she… — Patrick Henry
Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would be realize it, than to… — Henry Miller
There is a story, which is fairly well known, about when the missionaries came to Africa. They had the Bible and we, the natives, had… — Unknown Author

Who Wrote These Shut Our Eyes Quotes

9 authors contributed a total of 12 Shut Our Eyes Quotes as follows: