More quotations tagged with “confusion”
The only reason that we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes.
—Pema Chödrön
There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army.
—John Ashbery
Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong.
—E. O. Wilson
If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.
—Tom Peters
No one is ever who you want them to be. And the less you really know them, the more likely you are to confuse them with the girl or boy in your head.
—Rachel Cohn in Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares