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    . . . there is no perfect knowledge which can be entitled ours, that is innate; none but what has been obtained from experience, or derived in some way from our senses.

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Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

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Blake said that the body was the soul's prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered read more

Blake said that the body was the soul's prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered the senses the 'windows of the soul.' When sex involves all the senses intensely, it can be like a mystical experience.

by Jim Morrison Found in: Senses Quotes,
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I don't believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person's senses.

I don't believe civilization can do a lot more than educate a person's senses.

by Grace Paley Found in: Senses Quotes,
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I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak, than a heart that read more

I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak, than a heart that cannot love

by Robert Tizon Found in: Senses Quotes,
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Develop a built-in bullshit detector.

Develop a built-in bullshit detector.

by Ernest Hemingway Found in: Senses Quotes,
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The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.

The imagination and the senses cannot be gratified at the same time.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Senses Quotes,
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I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.

by William M. Thackeray Found in: Senses Quotes,
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Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.

by Lao Tzu Found in: Mind Quotes, Senses Quotes,
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I was walking down the street with my friend and he said 'I hear music,' as though there's any other read more

I was walking down the street with my friend and he said 'I hear music,' as though there's any other way to take it in. 'You're not special. That's how I receive it too... I tried to taste it, but it did not work.'

by Mitch Hedberg Found in: Senses Quotes,
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