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I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to

I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether. – Socrates

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Each day I live in a glass room unless I break it with the thrusting of my senses and pass through the splintered walls to the great landscape. – Mervyn Peake

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The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does. – Johann von Goethe

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Smell is a potent wizard that transports us across thousands of miles and all the years we have lived. – Helen Keller

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With a silence deep and white.

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