Quotes 201 till 220 of 302.
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The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul.
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The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.
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The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.
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The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There's no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago.
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The eyes of the cheerful and of the melancholy man are fixed upon the same creation; but very different are the aspects which it bears to them.
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The eyes see only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
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The eyes see what the heart loves. If the heart loves God and is single in this devotion, then the eyes will see God whether others see Him or not.
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The French want no-one to be their superior. The English want inferiors. The Frenchman constantly raises his eyes above him with anxiety. The Englishman lowers his beneath him with satisfaction.
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The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person.
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The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the heretic.
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The hood-winked husband shows his anger, and the word jealous is flung in his face. Jealous husband equals betrayed husband. And there are women who look upon jealousy as synonymous with impotence, so that the betrayed husband can only shut his eyes, powerless in the face of such accusations.
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The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.
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The miracles of the church seem to me to rest not so much upon faces or voices or healing power coming suddenly near to us from afar off, but upon our perceptions being made finer, so that for a moment our eyes can see and our ears can hear what is there about us always.
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The Prodigal Son at least walked home on his own feet. But who can duly adore that Love which will open the high gates to a prodigal who is brought in kicking, struggling, resentful, and darting his eyes in every direction for a chance of escape?
Source: Surprised by Joy (1955) -
The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities.
Source: Law is Justice: Notable Opinions of Mr. Justice Cardozo -
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.
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The reason I do photographs is to help people understand my music, so it's very important that I am the same, emotionally, in the photographs as in the music. Most people's eyes are much better developed than their ears. If they see a certain emotion in the photograph, then they'll understand the music.
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The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them.
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The separation between the two cultures has been getting deeper under our eyes; there is now precious little communication between them.... The traditional culture... is, of course, mainly literary... the scientific culture is expansive, not restrictive.
Source: New Statesman, 6 October 1956
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