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Believe Your Eyes

💬 Quote Library — containing “Believe Your Eyes”

The Eyes Are Useless When the Mind Is Blind

The eyes are useless when the mind is blind

from Unknown (modern proverb)

He Must Have Built It All for Us

If He put us on center stage, He must have built it all for us.

from The Language of God by Francis S. Collins

The Firmament Sheweth His Handywork

The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

from Psalms 19:1

Reject the Evidence of Your Eyes

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

from 1984 by George Orwell

📖 Excerpts Library

He Who Observes and Measures the Appearances of the Phenomenal World

Q. Define, then, the physical scientist. A. The physical scientist is he who observes and measures the appearances of the phenomenal world and from his data draws conclusions as to the nature of their causes. He deals, therefore, only with...

Source: The Science of the Initiates by Eugene Milne Cosgrove

That Made Me Wonder If He Wasn’t Ahead of His Time

Just a month before, Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong had left their colleague, Michael Collins, aboard spaceship Columbia and walked on the moon, beating by five months President Kennedy's goal of putting a man on the moon...

Source: My Life by Bill Clinton

The Secret Teachers of the Western World

Accepted Only That Which It Could See and Touch

Since its beginnings in the seventeenth century, modern science has focused on the kind of “facts” that can be grasped by the senses and proven by measurement. It abandoned the religious explanations for the world, which posited an unseen God...

Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman

Man on the Moon Viewing the Earth Was in the Service of the Copernican Hypothesis

Moon voyages became popular in the 1630s, their underlying inspiration Galileo’s telescope and the curiosity it piqued about the planet; but the way of reaching the new world on the moon was more important than the substance of an ideal...

Source: Utopian Thought in the Western World by Frank E. Manuel

It Is Probably a Sphere

Before any celestial distances or sizes could be calculated, the ancient Greeks first had to establish that the Earth is a sphere. This view gained acceptance in ancient Greece as philosophers became familiar with the notion that ships gradually disappear...

Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh

Earth Had to Be a Sphere

It is not so much that certain educated men had not already theorized that Earth was round, but that with the return of the first ship Victoria the expedition’s wealthy financial backers had visual evidence that ships could circumnavigate the...

Source: JFK by L. Fletcher Prouty

He Believed That the Moon and Stars Were Nothing More than Holes in the Firmament

Anaximander of Miletus argued that the Sun was a hole in a fire-filled ring that encircled the Earth and revolved around it. Similarly, he believed that the Moon and stars were nothing more than holes in the firmament, revealing otherwise...

Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh

It Just Seemed So Utterly Obvious That the Sun Revolved Round a Static Earth

Egocentric attitudes may have been a contributory factor behind the dominance of the geocentric world-view, but there were other reasons for preferring an Earth-centred universe to Aristarchus’ Sun-centred universe. One basic problem with the Sun-centred world-view was that it appeared...

Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh

Are You in an Incomprehensible Chaos

Are you in a universe which is ruled by natural laws and, therefore, is stable, firm, absolute—and knowable? Or are you in an incomprehensible chaos, a realm of inexplicable miracles, an unpredictable, unknowable flux, which your mind is impotent to...

Source: Philosophy: Who Needs It by Ayn Rand

We Think Our Beliefs Are Based on Sound Evidence

Another reason to adopt moderate skepticism concerns the very real danger that we might be deceiving ourselves in our beliefs, even when we think our beliefs are based on sound evidence. One way in which this can happen is well...

Source: The Beatles and Philosophy by David Detmer

They Had at Least the Evidence of Their Senses

In the Middle Ages people believed that the earth was flat, for which they had at least the evidence of their senses: we believe it to be round, not because as many as one per cent of us could give...

Source: Saint Joan (play)

It’s as Simple as That

Mike Michaelson : Christof, let me ask you, why do you think that Truman has never come close to discovering the true nature of his world until now? Christof :We accept the reality of the world with which we're presented....

Source: The Truman Show

Nothing More than Reflected Sunlight

Throw in some assumptions, such as moonlight being nothing more than reflected sunlight, and a framework of scientific logic takes shape.

Source: Big Bang by Simon Singh

🎼 Song Excerpts

Something’s Wrong with Our Eyes

Something’s wrong with our eyes - We're seeing things in a different way, and God knows it ain't his

Source: Livin’ On The Edge by Aerosmith

See No Evil in All Directions

See no evil in all directions

Source: Don’t Change by INXS

Every Time I Look at You, I Go Blind

Every time I look at you, I go blind

Source: I Go Blind by Hootie & The Blowfish

Your Eyes Without a Face

Such a human waste, your eyes without a face

Source: Eyes Without a Face by Billy Idol

The Contrast of White on White

Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no one notices the contrast of white on white

Source: Round Here by Counting Crows

There’s a World That Was Meant for Our Eyes to See

There's a world that was meant for our eyes to see

Source: Ends of the Earth by Lord Huron

There’s Magic in My Eyes

I know you've deceived me, now here's a surprise I know that you have 'cause there's magic in my eyes

Source: I Can See for Miles by The Who

Can You See Through the Wonder of Amazement

Can you see through the wonder of amazement at the Oberman?

Source: Ocean Man by Ween

I Want So Much to Open Your Eyes

I want so much to open your eyes, 'cause I need you to look into mine

Source: Open Your Eyes by Snow Patrol

Tell Me That You’ll Open Your Eyes

Tell me that you'll open your eyes - Get up, get out, get away from these liars

Source: Open Your Eyes by Snow Patrol

This World That I’ve Found Is Too Good to Be True

Lookin' in your eyes I see a paradise - This world that I've found is too good to be true

Source: Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship

Simply Look Around and View It

If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it - Anything you want to, do it - Want to change the world? There's nothing to it

Source: Pure Imagination by Willy Wonka

He Was Something to Observe

I could see the city light - Wind was blowing, time stood still - Eagle flew out of the night - He was something to observe - Came in close, I heard a voice

Source: Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel

But at Least I Don’t See You Float Away

But at least I don't see you float away

Source: Gravity Rides Everything by Modest Mouse

Can You Even Feel What’s Real?

Can you even feel what's real, with such a shallow depth of field?

Source: Shot Reverse Shot by Jack Johnson

Can’t Keep My Eyes From the Circling Sky

Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky

Source: Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd) by Pink Floyd

A Place Where Blind Men See

Can you take me higher? To a place where blind men see

Source: Higher by Creed

It Can Only Be Seen by the Eyes of the Blind

I know I'm searching for something - Something so undefined - That it can only be seen, by the eyes of the blind

Source: River of Dreams by Billy Joel

All You Touch and All You See, Is All Your Life Will Ever Be

And all you touch and all you see, is all your life will ever be

Source: Breathe (In the Air) by Pink Floyd

I’m Not Aware of Too Many Things

Philosophy is the talk on a cereal box - Religion is the smile on a dog - I'm not aware of too many things

Source: What I Am by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

Got Two Good Eyes but They Still Don’t See

Got two good eyes but they still don't see

Source: Casey Jones by Grateful Dead

You Could Get So Much From a Picture Show

Somebody I never met, but in a way I know, Didn't think that you could get so much from a picture show

Source: E=MC2 by Big Audio Dynamite

The Picture You See Is No Portrait of Me

The picture you see is no portrait of me - It's too real to be shown to someone I don't know

Source: Round and Round (New Order) by New Order

We’re Seeing Things in a Different Way

There's something wrong with the world today I don't know what it is Something's wrong with our eyes We're seeing things in a different way And God knows it ain't his

Source: Livin’ On The Edge by Aerosmith

Somebody Lied, and I’m Staring out the Window

I heard it, somebody lied, and I'm staring out the window - Gonna let this thing continue In its natural time - Round heads, square heads - Get settled in

Source: Moon Rocks by Talking Heads

No One ’Round Here’s Good at Keeping Their Eyes Closed

No one 'round here's good at keeping their eyes closed

Source: Glory and Gore by Lorde

Whose Eyes You Gonna Use?

You got something to prove, tell me, whose eyes you gonna use?

Source: I Want to Know by Kongos

When You See It Then You’ll Understand

If you could see it then you'd understand - Oh, when you see it then you'll understand

Source: Speed of Sound by Coldplay

The One Thing You Can’t See

Sometimes the very thing you're lookin' for, is the one thing you can't see

Source: Save The Best For Last by Vanessa Williams

Greatest Magic Trick Ever Under the Sun

It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise, right there in front of everyone's eyes - Greatest magic trick ever under the sun, perfectly executed, skillfully done

Source: Murder Most Foul by Bob Dylan