Senses Quotes

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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
Death is a release from the impressions of the senses, and from desires that make us their puppets, and from the vagaries of the mind,… — Marcus Aurelius
We live on the leash of our senses. — Diane Ackerman
The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand and protect nature's… — Diane Ackerman
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. — Francis Bacon
Love is the poetry of the senses. — Honore de Balzac
We evolved to move and to learn with all our five senses! — Martha Beck
There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books. — Henry Ward Beecher
Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the five Senses, the chief inlets… — William Blake
I don't like being called 'macho.' Macho basically means stupid and a real Italian man is not macho, he's smart. That's smart in both senses:… — Andrea Bocelli
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. — Elizabeth Bowen
How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ all the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy! — Robert Browning
Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father. — Jean de la Bruyere
Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams. — Amos Bronson Alcott
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. — John Burroughs
When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point. — Maria Callas
Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine… — Chanakya
The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability. — Chanakya
It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change, when one feels… — Hillary Clinton

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