Blindness Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We think we know what's right. With excessive pride comes blindness.

— Paul Haggis

Fear of an enemy can often blind men to other hazards, not least the shape which they themselves make in the world.

— Cormac McCarthy

Such is the blindness, nay the insanity of mankind, that some men are driven to death by the fear of it.

— Seneca the Younger

Lend your light to the blind. Why should the wickedness of men irritate you, when it is only blindness?

— Eugenio Maria de Hostos

The wickedness of men is that their power breeds stupidity and blindness.

— Gregory Maguire

As a man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable than most…

— Charles Caleb Colton

“There is a measure of safety in blindness, but you can't find happiness in safety, no matter how much you want to.”

— Maria Rachel Hooley

Blindness has not been for me a total misfortune; it should not be seen in a pathetic way. It should be seen as a…

— Jorge Luis Borges

Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is…

— Alexander Pope

There are conditions of blindness so voluntary that they become complicity.

— Paul Bourget

The selective voluntary blindness of human beings allows them to ignore the moral consequences of their choices. It has been one of the species'…

— Orson Scott Card

...when men ignite in their hearts a religious fury, they inflict at the same time a blindness on their eyes.

— James A. Michener