Certain Quote by Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

“The understanding, like the eye, whilst it makes us see and perceive all other things, takes no notice of itself: and it requires art…

— John Locke

Being in darkness and confusion is interesting to me. But behind it you can rise out of that and see things the way the…

— David Lynch

The eye of understanding is like the eye of the sense; for as you may see great objects through small crannies or levels, so…

— Francis Bacon

Whensoever we would proceed beyond [the] simple ideas we have from sensation and reflection, and dive farther into the nature of things, we fall…

— John Locke

You can’t understand light unless you understand darkness, because that’s where life is most often lived – somewhere between the two. It’s messy and…

— Bebo Norman

Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.

— Anonymous

“The human mind defines things in relation to one another—without light the notion of darkness would be unintelligible”

— Josh Waitzkin

On a spiritual level, it's as though with my sighted eye I see what's before me, and with my unsighted eye I see what's…

— Alice Walker

Understanding like the eye; whilst it makes us see and perceive all things, takes no notice of itself; and it requires art and pains…

— John Locke

In complete darkness, it is only knowledge and wisdom that separates us.

— Janet Jackson

One can travel this world and see nothing. To achieve understanding it is necessary not to see many things, but to look hard at…

— Giorgio Morandi

Understanding is the sure and clear knowledge of some invisible thing.

— Bernard of Clairvaux