The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.

Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity.

But could not our situation be compared to one of a menacing epidemic? People are unable to view this situation in its true light, for their eyes are blinded by passion. General fear and anxiety create hatred and aggressiveness. The adaptation to warlike aims and activities has corrupted the mentality of man; as a result, intelligent, objective and humane thinking has hardly any effect and is even suspected and persecuted as unpatriotic.

Men are as much blinded by the extremes of misery as by the extremes of prosperity.

Do not be angry with people who are weak. That is the mark of a coward. There are plenty of things to be angry about in the world–people wielding political or religious authority who have been blinded by money, for example! That is the kind of evil young people should direct their rage at. Be angry about that, and you’ll never lose your temper about trifling matters.