Old Eyes Quotes:

The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter - in the eye.

- Charlotte Bronte

source: Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.258, Penguin

topic: Eye, Soul, Truthful, Old Eyes, Interpreter

Try to see the world from the eyes of an old man! Old eyes are a good place to begin with for understanding the truths!

- Mehmet Murat Ildan

topic: Eye, Men, Understanding, Old Eyes

Same old eyes, same old world but the difference is how you look at what is in front of you, not what it is.

- Lister Sinclair

topic: Eye, Differences, Vision, Old Eyes, Old World

I don't feel 70. I am still looking out from 14-year-old eyes.

- Nolan Bushnell

topic: Eye, Years, Feels, Old Eyes

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

- Robertson Davies

source: Robertson Davies (1952). “Tempest-tost”, Clarke Irwin

topic: Educational, Optimistic, Knowledge, Knowledge And Learning, Knowledge Education

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

- Bill Cosby

source: Twitter post from Nov 05, 2009

topic: Fake People, Sleep, Eye, Closed Eyes, Can't Sleep

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

- Mark Twain

topic: Life, Inspiring, Meaningful, Imagine That, Inspirational Design

Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?

- Groucho Marx

topic: Funny, Crazy, Believe, Old Eyes

And violence is impractical, because the old eye for an eye philosophy ends up leaving everybody blind .. It is immoral because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for everybody. Means and ends are inseparable. The means represent the ideal in the making; in the long run of history destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Running, Philosophy, War, Old Eyes, Eye For An Eye

The reason I can't follow the old eye-for-an-eye philosophy is that it ends up leaving everyone blind.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

topic: Philosophy, Eye, Leaving, Old Eyes, Eye For An Eye

Compassionate the mountains rise Dim with the wistful dimness of old eyes That, having looked on life time out of mind, Know that the simple gift of being kind Is greater than all the wisdom of the wise.

- DuBose Heyward

source: DuBose Heyward (1924). “Skylines and Horizons”

topic: Wise, Eye, Simple, Old Eyes

He (Jesus) knew that the old eye-for-eye philosophy would leave everyone blind. He did not seek to overcome evil with evil. He overcame evil with good. Although crucified by hate, he responded with aggressive love.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

source: Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”

topic: Jesus, Philosophy, Hate, Old Eyes

When I got hit I went from having 37-year-old eyes to having 65-year-old eyes. That's why I've got the glasses on - so my eye isn't constantly trying to focus and giving me headaches. But they also help me see better: my right eye is blurry.

- Chris Pronger

source: Source: www.macleans.ca

topic: Eye, Glasses, Years, Old Eyes, Blurry