Believe Quote by Muriel Barbery

“I am struck with incredible force by this proof that sight is like a hand that tries to seize flowing water. Yes, our eyes…

— Muriel Barbery

I think our eyes are trained to look for what we want to see.

— Yiyun Li

“The eye of the human understanding is not a naked organ of perception (lumen siccum), but an eye imbued with moisture by Will and…

— Francis Bacon

People are hungry for God. Do you see that? Quite often we look but do not see. We are all passing through this world.…

— Mother Teresa

Never confuse desire with vision. Desire has to do with what we want. Vision has to do with what we need.

— Joan D. Chittister

We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our…

— Maria Mitchell

Sight is the least sensual of all the senses. And we strain ourselves to see, see, see--everything, everything through the eye, inone mode of…

— D. H. Lawrence

“Those who wish to sit, shut their eyes, and meditate to know if the world's true or lies, may do so. It's their choice.…

— rabindranath tagore

Desire is not what you see, but what you imagine.

— Paulo Coelho

It is commonplace of all religious thought that the man seeking visions and insight must go apart from his fellows and live for a…

— Loren Eiseley

The eye sees all, but the mind shows us what we want to see.

— William Shakespeare

One does not see anything until one sees its beauty.

— Oscar Wilde