Blind

Famous quotes containing the word blind:

    The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind; you shall grope about at noon as blind people grope in darkness, but you shall be unable to find your way; and you shall be continually abused and robbed, without anyone to help.
    Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 28:28,29.

    It is the custom of the Roman Church which I unworthily serve with the help of God, to tolerate some things, to turn a blind eye to some, following the spirit of discretion rather than the rigid letter of the law.
    Pope Gregory VII (c. 1020–1085)

    A living man is blind and drinks his drop.
    What matter if the ditches are impure?
    What matter if I live it all once more?
    William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)