We see what we see because we miss all the finer details.
Who rules our symbols, rules us.
God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.
Every language having a structure, by the very nature of language, reflects in its own structure that of the world as assumed by those who evolved the language. In other words, we read unconsciously into the world the structure of the language we use.
To use words to sense reality is like going with a lamp to search for darkness.
What we call progress consists in coordinating ideas with realities.