Famous quotes containing the word blind:
“Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 15:14.
Referring to the Pharisees.
“As if he were
a pot of dates
in a blind mans hand,
Mothers,
they pilfer my husband
and theyre jealous of me!
The cobras hood
has come out of its tail.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)
“For some years now, there has been proof that the devastating effects of the traumatization of children take their inevitable toll on societya fact that we are still forbidden to recognize. This knowledge concerns every single one of us, andif disseminated widely enoughshould lead to fundamental changes in society; above all, to a halt in the blind escalation of violence.”
—Alice Miller (20th century)