There are two ways to be fooled.  One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.  Søren Kierkegaard

Nobody sees anybody truly but all through the flaws of their own egos.  That is the way we all see . . . each other in life.  Vanity, fear, desire, competition – all such distortions within our own egos – condition our vision of those in relation to us.  Tennessee Williams

Why did we become blind, I don’t know.  Perhaps one day we’ll find out.  Do you want me to tell you what I think?  I don’t think we did go blind.  I think we are blind.  Blind but seeing.  Blind people who can see, but do not see.   José Saramago

Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one’s own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.  Sheri S. Tepper

To crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face.  J.R.R. Tolkien

It is the curse of the powerful to be blind to their own faults.  Robert Fanney

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.   Nikos Kazantzakis