Senses Quotes - Page 22

• This must be what it means to be a ghost, being certain that life exists, because your four senses say so, and yet unable to see it.

  Jose Saramago

  Mean, Four, Ghost

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• Renunciation is the background of all religious thought wherever it be, and you will always find that as this idea of renunciation lessens, the more will the senses creep into the field of religion, and spirituality will decrease in the same ratio.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Religious, Ideas, Ratios

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1589, Manonmani Publishers

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• Though selfishness hath defiled the whole man, yet sensual pleasure is the chief part of its interest, and, therefore, by the senses it commonly works; and these are the doors and windows by which iniquity entereth into the soul.

  Richard Baxter

  Men, Doors, Soul

  Richard Baxter, William Orme (1830). “The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, with a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings”, p.152

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• Will any man that hath not lost his senses, now stand caviling, and quarrelling, that so few should be saved, instead of making sure of his own salvation? The reason that there are so few is, because they will not be saved upon God's terms.

  Richard Baxter

  Men, Reason, Salvation

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• If you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken.

  Frank Herbert

  Eye, Rely, Ifs

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.201, Penguin

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• I am not a perfect being. . . . I have more faults than I know what to do with. I have a naughty temper. I am stubborn, impatient of hindrances and of stupidity. I have not in the truest sense a Christian spirit. I am naturally a fighter. I am lazy. I put off till tomorrow what I might better do today. I do not feel that I have been compensated for the two senses I lack. I have worked hard for all the senses I have got, and always I beg for more.

  Helen Keller

  Christian, Naughty, Two

  Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.4, American Foundation for the Blind

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• And who can doubt that it will lead to the worst disorders when minds created free by God are compelled to submit slavishly to an outside will? When we are told to deny our senses and subject them to the whim of others? When people devoid of whatsoever competence are made judges over experts and are granted authority to treat them as they please? These are the novelties which are apt to bring about the ruin of commonwealths and the subversion of the state.

  Galileo Galilei

  Math, People, Judging

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• It takes a wonderful brain and exquisite senses to produce a few stupid ideas.

  George Santayana

  Stupid, Ideas, Brain

  George Santayana (2015). “The Life of Reason: Human Understanding”, p.392, 谷月社

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• Our senses don't deceive us: our judgment does

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Judging, Doe, Judgment

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• There comes a voluptuous moment when the senses and the whole skin tingle with a sharpened awareness of the body and the world around.

  Anton Ehrenzweig

  Skins, World, Body

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• A technique can only work if it is in harmony with universal principles. Such principles need to be grasped through Mind, pure consciousness. Selfish desires thwart your progress, but Mind, not captivated by notions of victory or defeat, will liberate you. Mind fixes your senses and keeps you centered. Mind is the key to wondrous power and supreme clarity.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Selfish, Keys, Track

  Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.103, Shambhala Publications

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• Set a strong guard about thy outward senses: these are Satan's landing places, especially the eye and the ear.

  William Gurnall

  Christian, Strong, Eye

  William Gurnall (2008). “Extracts from the Writings of William Gurnall”, p.45, Scripture Truth

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• Faith is a recognition of those things which are above the senses.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Faith, Recognition

  Henry Ward Beecher (1873). “The Original Plymouth Pulpit: Sermons of Henry Ward Beecher in Plymouth Church, Brooklyn”, p.613

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• All things issue from it; all things return to it. To find the origin, trace back the manifestations. When you recognize the children and find the mother, you will be free of sorrow. If you close your mind in judgements and traffic with desires, your heart will be troubled. If you keep your mind from judging and aren't led by the senses, your heart will find peace. Seeing into darkness is clarity. Knowing how to yield is strength. Use your own light and return to the source of light. This is called practicing eternity.

  Laozi

  Mother, Children, Heart

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• The faculty of imagination is both the rudder and the bridle of the senses.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Imagination, Rudders, Faculty

  Leonardo Da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”

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• Within my body are all the sacred places of the world, and the most profound pilgrimage I can ever make is within my own body.

  Saraha

  Inspiring, Spiritual, Philosophy

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• There is no satisfying the senses, not even with a shower of money. "The senses are of slight pleasure and really suffering." When a wise man has realised this, he takes no pleasure, as a disciple of the Buddhas, even in the pleasures of heaven. Instead he takes pleasure in the elimination of craving.

  Gautama Buddha

  Wise, Buddhist, Money

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• The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food, like the wind overcomes a rotten tree. But the Tempter cannot master a man who dwells on the distasteful side of things, self-controlled in his senses, moderate in eating, resolute and full of faith, like the wind cannot move a mountain crag.

  Gautama Buddha

  Faith, Buddhist, Moving

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• Come, live with the doors of the senses guarded, diligent and mindful, vigilant and mindful, with the ways of the mind well watched, possessed of a mind that is awake and observing.

  Gautama Buddha

  Buddhist, Doors, Mind

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• Man's troubles are rooted in extreme attention to senses, thoughts, and imagination. Attention should be focused internally to experience a quiet body and a calm mind.

  Gautama Buddha

  Men, Calm Mind, Imagination

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• When you start using senses you've neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.

  Barbara Sher

  Life, Eye, Rewards

  Barbara Sher (2010). “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It”, p.139, Dell

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• The language of gardening fuels the senses: talk with your hands, observe with your ears and listen with your eyes.

  Costa Georgiadis

  Education, Learning, Eye

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• Out in the field I try not to hold expectations. I try to achieve an openness. The senses heighten so that I am totally immersed in what's happening at the moment. I want to be receptive to an image coming together.

  Keith Lazelle

  Photography, Expectations, Trying

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• Nothing can be found in the intellect if previously has not been found in the senses.

  Michael Servetus

  Perception, Found, Intellect

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• What is the character trying to say? Why? Be as specific as you can, using sense images that evoke something about the character. Try using the character's senses, even if the character is you.

  Pat Pattison

  Writing, Character, Trying

  Pat Pattison (2010). “Writing Better Lyrics”, p.17, Writer's Digest Books

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