Quotes about Obscurity

The last day will prove that some of the holiest men that ever lived are hardly known.

It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.

Dark with excessive bright.

The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can make them fear the means of grace the way they do not fear sin. And he does so, not by light but by obscurity, not by realities but by shadows, not by clarity and substance but by dreams and the creatures of psychosis. And men are so poor in intellect that a few cold chills down their spine will be enough to keep them from ever finding out the truth about anything.

As Pascal observed, when God addresses our human hearts, there is always enough light for those who desire to see, yet enough obscurity for those who do not wish to see. What makes the difference is the heart.

For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.

Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.

The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

Men seek fame and high places only to learn that they were happier in obscurity

being famous is a thing that depends greatly on position and opportunity. It is not enough to possess gifts and powers: there must also be the means of exhibiting them. For want of opportunity some of the greatest men perhaps are buried in obscurity.

May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.

The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can make them fear the means of grace the way they do not fear sin. And he does so, not by light but by obscurity, not by realities but by shadows, not by clarity and substance but by dreams and the creatures of psychosis.