There is no vassal or otherwise who has not said a memorable word about eyes and eyes. The quotes about the eyes were the ones that gave us indications about what it is like to love, about what it is like to suffer, but also about how to distinguish the good man from the one with not so honest intentions. Great thinkers of the past have used these quotes to look to counsel generations to “keep their eyes peeled” and apply the teachings to daily life.
The best known of the quotes about the eyes is, perhaps, the most beautiful: “the eyes are the mirror of the soul.” Of all the expressions that accompany and enrich our lives, those about the eyes and the gaze best describe human nature, the eyes being considered “a window to the soul”, but also sometimes a deceptive “mirror” when trying to judge a man. only through this prism.
Plato said that “the eyes of the souls of many are unable to bear the vision of the divine,” and Cicero compares the eyes to sentinels: “The eyes, like sentinels, occupy the highest position of the body.”
Also from Marcus Tilius Cicero comes the quote about the eyes that would represent a mirror for the soul: “The girl represents the image of the soul, and the eyes mirror her intentions.”
Pablo Picasso is of the opinion that the eyes must be believed before the mind, they being the first to show us a real image, all that is judged after representing, perhaps, a lie that we tell ourselves: “If we could put ourselves aside the brain and let’s just use our eyes! ”
Paracelsus , the famous physician, alchemist, physicist, and theologian, has a different opinion: “What the eyes perceive in grass, stones, and trees is not the true remedy. The eyes can only see the surface of things. ”
But most agree that in the eyes you see the true personality of the other. Some tell us to trust what we read in the eyes of others, and other artists warn us not to believe everything we see there. Dickens , for example, warns us that despite the fact that it is said that evil people cannot look you in the eye, we should not rely on this conception. Stevie Wonder , the well-known blind singer, says that his sight and absence do not deprive a man of his vision, and Ghandi, in his gentle style, advises us to forget the old saying “eye for an eye” because that way the world will become blind.
Quotes about eyes that teach us how to look at the world
“Unfortunately, the soul has an interpreter – often unconscious, but still a correct interpreter – the eyes.” – Charlotte Bronte
“The eyes of other people bring us suffering. If I had been blind, I would not have wanted expensive clothes, luxurious houses or furniture. ” – Benjamin Franklin
“The gaze is the greatest weapon of virtuous coquetry. Everything can be said at a glance, and yet the significance of a look can always be denied. ” – Stendhal
Many things can be expressed with the help of the eyes, so it is not surprising that the eyes have been a source of inspiration for poets, authors and artists since ancient times. We all agree, to one degree or another, that love is transmitted through the eyes, that it cannot be hidden, that the eyes are the most honest interpreter of feelings.
“If a person does not have the ability to see, it does not mean that he lacks vision.” – Stevie Wonder
“Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not their feet.” – Warren G. Bennis
“The buyer needs a hundred eyes, the seller needs none.” – George Herbert
“The eye is the jewel of the body.” – Henry David Thoreau
“With the eyes of an old man take your wife, and with the eyes of a young man take your horse.” – Armenian proverb
“Obstacles are those scary things you see when you deviate from the ideal.” – Henry Ford
“Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“People have two eyes and one tongue, to see twice as much as they speak.” – Charles Caleb Colton
“You can close your eyes to reality, but not to memories.” – Stanislaw Lem
“Eye for an eye” and the world will go blind. ” – Mahatma Gandi
“The old man is inclined to judge the present with the eyes of the past.” – Santiago Ramon y Cajal
“I close my eyes and everyone dies. I raise my eyelids and everything is reborn. ” – Sylvia Plath
Quotes about eyes and their role in love
Let’s end the series of quotes about eyes and eyes with the words of the immortal Emily Bronte, who, with the help of the character Cathy from “At the Crossroads of the Winds”, says: , then even the dumbest of idiots could have guessed that I was in love with him to the core. ”
“Love does not see with the eyes, but with the mind. That is why the winged Cupid is represented blind. In his mind, love did not taste judgment. Wings, not reason, stand on the emblem of his bewildered haste. And we say that love is a child because in the choice it is always fooled. ” – William Shakespeare
“To learn to read what your silent love writes to you and to hear with your eyes – these can only be done by the tender sense of love.” – William Shakespeare
“Sometimes you can’t see yourself clearly until you see yourself in the eyes of others.” – Ellen DeGeneres
“Some eyes threaten like pistols loaded and fixed on a target, others are as insulting as whistles or blows; some are as expressionless as currants, and others are as deep as a fountain in which you can collapse. ” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“If you’ve never cried, you can’t have beautiful eyes” – Sophia Loren
“When a woman speaks to you, notice what she’s saying to you.” – Victor Hugo
“Few are those who look with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.” – Albert Einstein
“Eyes, these silent tongues of love.” – Miguel de Cervantes
“Eyes show the age of the soul.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In love, three-quarters of what is said is expressed by the admirable eloquence of the eyes.” – Balzac’s honor
