Destruction Quote by William Blake

The ear will surrender even at those times when the eye wants to close, when the eye doesn't want to watch.

— Tony Harrison

We cannot close our ears; we have no ear lids!

— R. Murray Schafer

The eye— it cannot choose but see; we cannot bid the ear be still; our bodies feel, where'er they be, against or with our…

— William Wordsworth

The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.

— Herodotus

What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears...as easily as we open and shut our eyes.

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

Why in the case of the ear, is there withdrawal and turning inward, a making resonant, but in the case of the eye, there…

— Jean-Luc Nancy

Any ear that is not prepared to listen to advise shall be ready to see itself severed from the body.

— Anonymous

It’s extraordinary how we go through life with eyes half shut, with dull ears, with dormant thoughts. Perhaps it’s just as well; and it…

— Joseph Conrad

The eye takes a person into the world. The ear brings the world into a human being.

— Lorenz Oken

Why the ear, man? - I fucked it up.

— Fight Club

My eyes are like diamonds there always shining, My Heart is solid it shall not break. My mind is open it will never close!…

— Anonymous

The eye likes novelty, but the ear craves familiarity.

— W. H. Auden