Hope and Fear Cloud Our Vision

Hope and Fear Cloud Our Vision.
We do not always see what is before our face -
sometimes we see what we hope to see,
or what we fear we will see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
- Henry David Thoreau

Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them.
- Alan Watts

There are none so blind as those who will not see.
- John Heywood (also attributed to the later Matthew Henry, and others)
(based on Jeremiah 5:21)

Further reading: What We Perceive

Art of Seeing

Listen, Really Listen

Observe Life