Seeing

See me, feel me, touch me, heal me. Here are some proverbs and quotes about seeing.

Rose-colored glasses.
See the world through rose-colored glasses.


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The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Bible
Source: Genesis 1:12

The lord of the eagles of the Misty Mountains had eyes that could look at the sun unblinking, and could see a rabbit moving on the ground a mile below even in the moonlight.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Hobbit - Chapter 6 - Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire
About the eagles.

The mantis seizes the locust but does not see the yellow bird behind him.

The monkey looks into the mirror and sees a gazelle.

The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.
(unknown author)

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!
Jane Austen
Source: Sense and Sensibility

The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.
Jane Austen
Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

The more I see the less I know for sure.
John Lennon

The sun never saw any shadow.
Leonardo da Vinci

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.
Leonardo da Vinci

To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
William Blake

We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet
Stephen Hawking

Well, I am going back into the open air, to see what the wind and sky are doing.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
Quoted: Legolas

When a ripe fruit sees an honest man, it drops.

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?
Ernest Gaines

You can't see the sun when you're crying.

You can't see the world through a mirror.
Avril Lavigne


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