Quote of the Day (Robertson Davies, on the Eye and the Mind)

“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”—Canadian man of letters Robertson Davies (1913-1995), Tempest-Tost (1951)

Quote of the Day (Edward R. Murrow, on Confusion and Understanding)

“Anyone who isn't confused doesn't really understand the situation.”—Edward R. Murrow quoted in Walter Bryan, The Improbable Irish (1969)

Quote of the Day (Leo Rosten, on Insight, ‘That Fifth Dimension’)

“I sometimes think there is a dimension beyond the four of experience and Einstein: insight, that fifth dimension which promises to liberate us from bondage to the long, imperfect past.” —American novelist-humorist Leo Rosten (1908-1997), Captain Newman, M.D. (1961)