Core Quote by Shirley Jackson

“There is no sight in the eye, when the mind does not gaze.”

— Publius Syrus

“When the eye sees, it simply registers color and shape. All the rest takes place in the mind.”

— Ayya Khema

“My eyes have seen what I seek. For my mind's eye is wide open, and no longer do I just peek.”

— Kenneth G. Ortiz

“It is like a skull, which still has holes for eyes, but no longer sight.”

— Victor Hugo

“It seems sometimes that people take a deliberately myopic view and fill their eyes with things seen microscopically in order not to see macrosopically.”

— Marilyn Frye

“Whatever we look at, and however we look at it, we see only through our own eyes.”

— C.G. Jung

“There is no vision until you decide what you deserve & staple it to your eyeballs.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones

“It's the mind that sees, not eyes.”

— Toba Beta

“sometimes we see, and sometimes we simply choose not to look. Sometimes we just close our eyes.”

— Claire Seeber

“Opening your eyes is all that is needing. The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true.”

— George R.R. Martin

“Open eyes are of little use when the mind behind them is closed.”

— Jim Butcher

“Some things are best seen with open eyes, an open mind and an open heart. Others only become clear with our eyes closed.”

— Alice K.Green