The real disturbance was at the level of appearances: we can no longer pretend we don’t know what everyone knows we know.

In fact, they sometimes devote more time to maintaining an appearance of being busy than they do to actually accomplishing things.

Behind the appearance, what do you see?

You know it only by its phenomena, its appearances. You are aware only of its changes, or of such changes in it as cause changes in your consciousness.

He knew that for those who walk by faith, appearances are never the ultimate reality.