Famous quotes containing the word senses:
“Considered physiologically, everything ugly weakens and saddens man. It reminds him of decay, danger, impotence; it actually reduces his strength. The effect of ugliness can be measured with a dynamometer. Whenever anyone feels depressed, he senses the proximity of something ugly. His feeling of power, his will to power, his courage, his pridethey decline with ugliness, they rise with beauty.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (18441900)
“For certainly he sank into his grave
His senses and his heart unsatisfied,
And madebeing poor, ailing and ignorant,
Shut out from all the luxury of the world,
The coarse-bred son of a livery-stable keeper
Luxuriant song.”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
“Beauty satisfies the senses completely and at the same time uplifts the soul. That which gratifies the senses is pleasant, and that which uplifts the soul without being sensual in the least is good, true, right, anything you like, but not beautiful.”
—Franz Grillparzer (17911872)