Quotes about eye
eye afar neglect
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off. Pliny the Elder
eye animal men
The first man . . . ventured to call food and nourishment the parts that had a little before bellowed and cried, moved and lived. How could his eyes endure the slaughter when throats were slit and hides flayed and limbs torn from limb? How could his nose endure the stench? How was it that the pollution did not turn away his taste, which made contact with the sores of others and sucked juices and serums from mortal wounds? Plutarch
eye light clouds
For, in the language of Heraclitus, the virtuous soul is pure and unmixed light, springing from the body as a flash of lightning darts from the cloud. But the soul that is carnal and immersed in sense, like a heavy and dank vapor, can with difficulty be kindled, and caused to raise its eyes heavenward. Plutarch
eye two alluring
To my eye, women get sexier around 35. They know a thing or two, and knowledge is always alluring. Pierce Brosnan
eye home facts
I exult in the fact I can see everywhere with a flexible eye; the very notion of home is foreign to me, as the state of foreignness is the closest thing I know to home. Pico Iyer
eye mind rowing
The hardest part of rowing properly: Eyes and Minds in The Boat! Phillip Thomas
eye black half
There are eyes half defiant, Half meek and compliant; Black eyes, with a wondrous, witching charm To bring us good or to work with harm. Phoebe Cary
eye heaven firsts
Heaven is not to sweep our truths away, but only to turn them till we see their glory, to open them till we see their truth, and to unveil our eyes till for the first time we shall really see them. Phillips Brooks
eye law world
Newton's great generalization, which he called the "third law of motion," was that "Action and reaction are always equal to each other;" and that law has been one of the most pregnant of all truths about the mystery of force;--one of the brightest windows through which modern eyes have looked into the world of Nature. Phillips Brooks
eye doe praying
When I pray for another person, I am praying for God to open my eyes so that I can see that person as God does, and then enter into the stream of love that God already directs toward that person. Philip Yancey
eye law church
It is the custom of the Roman Church which I unworthily serve with the help of God, to tolerate some things, to turn a blind eye to some, following the spirit of discretion rather than the rigid letter of the law. Pope Gregory VII
eye quality may
When someone else accepts you, that’s when you begin to see yourself through their eyes. And you begin to realize that there may actually be many qualities to like about yourself. Natsuki Takaya
eye heart touching
See! those fiendish lineaments graven on the darkness, the writhed lip of scorn, the mockery of that living eye, the pointed finger, touching the sore place in your heart! Do you remember any act of enormous folly, at which you would blush, even in the remotest cavern of the earth? Then recognize your Shame. Nathaniel Hawthorne
eye passion men
Men of cold passions have quick eyes. Nathaniel Hawthorne
eye people secret
At no time are people so sedulously careful to keep their trifling appointments, attend to their ordinary occupations, and thus put a commonplace aspect on life, as when conscious of some secret that if suspected would make them look monstrous in the general eye. Nathaniel Hawthorne
eye deceived multitudes
When an uninstructed multitude attempts to see with its eyes, it is exceedingly apt to be deceived. Nathaniel Hawthorne
eye want looks
I have only one eye. Do you want me to look at the road or the at the speedometer. Moshe Dayan
eye gun land
Before (the Palestinians) very eyes we are possessing the land and the villages where they and their ancestors have lived We are the generation of colonizers and without the steel helmet and the gun barrel we cannot plant a tree and build a house. Moshe Dayan
eye needs fingers
To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger. Moshe Dayan
eye eight years
What cause have we to complain about their fierce hatred to us? For eight years now, they sit in their refugee camps in Gaza, and before their eyes we turn into our homestead the land and villages in which they and their forefathers have lived. Moshe Dayan
eye care want
When a poor person dies I want then to die in the arms of somebody who loves them. I want them to be able to look for the last time into the eyes of somebody who cares for them Mother Teresa
eye world calcutta
You can find Calcutta all over the world, if you have the eyes to see. Mother Teresa
eye people needs
People are hungry for God. Do you see that? Quite often we look but do not see. We are all passing through this world. We need to open our eyes and see. Mother Teresa
eye feel-better joy
Let anyone who comes to you go away feeling better and happier. Everyone should see goodness in your face, in your eyes, in your smile. Joy shows from the eyes. It appears when we speak and walk. It cannot be kept closed inside us. It reacts outside. Joy is very infectious. Mother Teresa
eye worry shining
If you are joyful, do not worry about lukewarmness. Joy will shine in your eyes and in your look, in your conversation and in your countenance. You will not be able to hide it because joy overflows. Mother Teresa
eye dark moon
Good-morrow to thy sable beak, And glossy plumage, dark and sleek, Thy crimson moon and azure eye Joanna Baillie
eye ambition mountain
I am as one Who doth attempt some lofty mountain's height, And having gained what to the upcast eye The summit's point appear'd, astonished sees Its cloudy top, majestic and enlarged, Towering aloft, as distant as before. Joanna Baillie
eye mind half
Half-uttered praise is to the curious mind, as to the eye half-veiled beauty is, more precious than the whole. Joanna Baillie
eye men evil
The part of the philanthropist is indeed a dangerous one; and the man who would do his neighbour good must first study how not to do him evil, and must begin by pulling the beam out of his own eye. George MacDonald
eye blue sky
Where did you get your eyes so blue? Out of the sky as I came through. George MacDonald
eye love-is wells
Love is the opener as well as closer of eyes. George MacDonald
eye sick water
I am in the poison gas business. Advertising should make you choke, make your eyes water, make you feel sick. George Lois
eye tears poison-gas
Advertising is poison gas. It should bring tears to your eyes, unhinge your nervous system and knock you out. George Lois