The unclouded eye was better, no matter what it saw.
Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed.
Thinking you know something is a sure way to blind yourself.
Knowing where the trap is-- that's the first step in evading it.
A good companion is one you wouldn't mind dying with.
Most lives are a flight from selfhood. Most prefer the truths of the stable. You stick your head into the stanchions and munch contentedly until you die. Others use you for their purposes. Not once do you look outside the stable to lift your head and be your own creature.