Dreams Quote by Jeff VanderMeer

“When our poor, faultily sensitive vision can perceive a thing, we say that it is visible. When the nerves of touch can feel it,…

— Francis Stevens

That which is seen and that which is touched are of a dream-like and illusion-like nature. Because feeling arises together with the mind, it…

— Shantideva

“The world of the senses is just a base camp: we are meant to be as much at home in consciousness as in the…

— Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

“All that we truly possess are our own sensations; it is in them, rather than in what they sense, that we must base our…

— Fernando Pessoa

As you are aware, no perceptions obtained by the senses are merely sensations impressed on our nervous systems. A peculiar intellectual activity is required…

— Hermann von Helmholtz

Whatsoever accidents or qualities our senses make us think there be in the world, they are not there, but are seemings and apparitions only.…

— Thomas Hobbes

The soul can see beautiful things, feel beautiful things, touch beautiful things, even when beautiful things aren't tangible.

— Anonymous

“We can examine and hold all the physical elements. But beyond the physical, there are other forces at play. For example, we can’t touch…

— Om Swami

“We can see Spirit made visible when people are kind to one another, especially when it's a really busy person, like you, taking care…

— Anne Lamott

“The abstract idea of a spirit certainly implies that it has neither substance, form, shape, voice, or anything which can render its presence visible…

— Walter Scott

“Spirit is a tangible substance.”

— Toba Beta

Some things that are invisible and untouchable can nevertheless be seen and felt.

— Michael Chabon