Never assume the obvious is true.
Opinions about obviousness are to a certain extent a function of time.
Obviousness is always the enemy of correctness.
There's a depth of meaning all on its own in awareness being gentled. From within the subtlety of being gentled, the level of perception changes. Instead of perceiving the obviousness of experience, you're able as awareness to perceive most subtle meaning.
The ability of the theist to misunderstand a thing is directly proportional to the obviousness of the thing.
the squeeky wheel gets the grease.
Beyond the obvious facts that he has at some time done manual labour, that he takes snuff, that he is a Freemason, that he has been in China, and that he has done a considerable amount of writing lately, I can deduce nothing else.
