Zitat des Tages über Geblendet / Blinded:
Our democratic societies are in danger. In allowing ourselves to be infiltrated by fear, to be blinded by the passion of identity, we are entertaining the most serious illusions about our freedom.
You don't want too much fear in a market, because people will be blinded to some very good buying opportunities. You don't want too much complacency because people will be blinded to some risk.
In Holland I have seen well-meaning, principled people blinded by multiculturalism, overwhelmed by the imperative to be sensitive and respectful of immigrant culture, while ignoring criminal abuse of women and girls.
That bedrock faith that I could write was what blinded me to attempts to discourage me.
I have this want-to-be-liked thing, but deep down, I had this rage. I was just - I was blinded. I wasn't healthy enough to be able to learn more. I had one mode - to fight.
I belonged to the generation that grew up under National Socialism, and was blinded and led astray - and allowed itself to be led astray.
I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.
We often get blinded by the forms in which content is produced, rather than the job that the content does.
I was blinded by being a romantic person.
As a culture or a civilisation, we are a bit juvenile; it's like 'Oh, I have all this power, whoa, this is so cool, I can transform the earth and I can produce all this wealth. But we're blinded by our success in a naive way. There's more to life, actually, and I think the sustainability issue is also helpful in reminding us about that.
A form of reason that in some way wished to strip itself of beauty would be diminished; it would be a blinded reason.
We can never completely fulfill the promise of this treasured republic if we are blinded by color.
We're often blinded by romance; we decide to not see things we don't want to see, and put up with behavior that we shouldn't put up with.