My eyes make pictures, when they are shut.

My eyes make pictures, when they are shut.

There are eyes half defiant,
Half meek and compliant;
Black eyes, with a wondrous, witching charm
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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.

Vision: the art of seeing things invisible.

Vision: the art of seeing things invisible.

The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves
two, all the world else is blinde.

The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves
two, all the world else is blinde.

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy read more

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.

I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here read more

I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here with a vision of what it is we ought to be doing.