Quote by Diane Ackerman
There is no way in which to understand the world without first det

There is no way in which to understand the world without first detecting it through the radar-net of our senses. – Diane Ackerman

Other quotes by Diane Ackerman

Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains. – Diane Ackerman

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Nature
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It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. – Diane Ackerman

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Discovery
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Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. – Diane Ackerman

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Love
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Senses
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Reason is the cause of our falsification of the evidence of the senses. In so far as the senses show becoming, passing away, change, they do not lie. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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The five senses are horse sense, innocence, common sense, concupiscence, and nonsense. – Source Unknown

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Senses

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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Senses

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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Senses

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