#senses

The mind is like a richly woven tapestry in which the colors are distilled from the experiences of the senses, and the design drawn from the convolutions of the intellect. ↗

— Carson McCullers

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Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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We cannot create observers by saying 'observe,' but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses. ↗

— Maria Montessori

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I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown. ↗

— Jim Morrison

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Blake said that the body was the soul's prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered the senses the 'windows of the soul.' When sex involves all the senses intensely, it can be like a mystical experence. ↗

— Jim Morrison

#body #considered #developed #five #fully

Africa is not a fun place, you know. A fun place is somewhere that lifts the spirits, that cossets the senses. I don't think that can be said of the Africa I traveled in. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#fun #i #know #lifts #place

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me. ↗

— Sharon Olds

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Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake of precedent the Senate should beware of binding itself to support the acts of any man, since he might through some mischance suffer a change. ↗

— Tiberius

#always #am #any #beware #binding