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To see the world in a grain of sand,
by William Blake

To see the world in a grain of sand,
and to see heaven in a wild flower,
hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
and eternity in an hour.
- William Blake

Related topics: Poems

No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.
- William Blake

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
- William Blake

Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache;
do be my enemy - for friendship's sake.
- William Blake

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The way I see it, if you want the rainbow,
you gotta put up with the rain.
- Dolly Parton

Faith is taking the first step,
even when you don't see the whole staircase.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
- Japanese pictorial maxim (the Three Wise Monkeys)

 

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends,
of most of the people you see every day,
is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
- Theodore H. White

There is beauty and adventure in the commonplace
for those with eyes to see beyond.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

People only see what they are prepared to see.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

When It's Darkest, Men See the Stars.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Choose the World You See,
and See the World You Choose.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Change what you see,
by changing how you see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We don't see things as they are,
we see things as we are.
- Anais Nin

When I see Spirit in everything, Peace is at hand.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I am a Passionate Observer of Life.
I See the events, feel the emotions,
and recognize the difference.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

When one door closes, another opens.
But often we look so long, so regretfully,
upon the closed door,
that we fail to see the one that is opened for us.
- Helen Keller

It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
- Helen Keller

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
- Henry David Thoreau

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.
I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty,
believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
- Louisa May Alcott

To the people who love you,
you are beautiful already.
This is not because they're
blind to your shortcomings
but because they so clearly see your soul.
- Victoria Moran

The traveler sees what he sees,
the tourist sees what he has come to see.
- Gilbert K. Chesterton

The invariable mark of wisdom is to
see the miraculous in the common.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be the change you want to see in the world.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous

We must become the change we wish to see in the world.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Do not blame the thistle that you see no beauty.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
- John Lubbock

Our opportunity is to Soar our Spirit.
To see Light and Joy in everything.
To spread our wings and fly boldly.
To give thanks for rainbows and butterflies -
our symbols of renewal and rebirth.
To offer daily Thanksgiving - for ourselves, our family,
our friends, our community, for the whole world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Celebrate what you want to see more of.
- Tom Peters

Obstacles are like wild animals.
They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can.
If they see you are afraid of them...
they are liable to spring upon you;
but if you look them squarely in the eye,
they will slink out of sight.
- Orison Swett Marden

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted,
every hill and mountain shall be made low,
the rough places will be made straight
and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
and all flesh shall see it together.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear,
and the blind can see.
- Mark Twain

We come to love not by finding the perfect person,
but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.
- Angelina Jolie

I see you.
- the movie Avatar

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right.
Men will believe what they see.
- Henry David Thoreau

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others,
I can see them as teachers.
- Gerald Jampolsky

If you wish to see the truth,
then hold no opinion for or against.
- Osho

People seem not to see that
their opinion of the world
is also a confession of character.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

To see things in the seed, that is genius.
- Lao Tzu

When you see something done,
know that you intended it.
If you don't like what you see,
then deeply examine your intentions.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

A part of you has grown in me.
And so you see, it's you and me
together forever and never apart,
maybe in distance, but never in heart.
- Anonymous

See beauty in the familiar.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

When I hear music, I fear no danger.
I am invulnerable. I see no foe.
I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
- Henry David Thoreau

We Learn...
10% of what we read,
20% of what we hear,
30% of what we see,
50% of what we see and hear,
70% of what we discuss,
80% of what we experience,
95% of what we teach others.
- William Glasser

Know the power of perspective.
Be a passionate observer of life.
See the events, feel the emotions,
and recognize the difference.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The world you see has nothing to do with reality.
It is of your own making and does not exist.
- A Course In Miracles

We see Life through the fun-house mirrors of our point-of-view.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We must be the change we wish to see.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

See life as ugly and painful - if you choose,
or see it as beautiful and joyful.
There is no inherent meaning in life.
We give life its meaning.
It's our Choice.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

It is always wise to look ahead,
but difficult to look further than you can see.
- Winston Churchill

If there is any one secret of success,
it lies in the ability to get
the other person's point of view
and see things from that person's angle
as well as from your own.
- Henry Ford

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact.
Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
- Marcus Aurelius

There are three classes of people:
those who see,
those who see when they are shown,
those who do not see.
- Leonardo da Vinci

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret:
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A Happy Day is a day I see all of life
with the eyes of compassion.
- Rory J. Corsiglia

Your eyes must not determine what you see. pay attention.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Fear is the cheapest room in the house.
I would like to see you living
In better conditions.
- Hafiz

The more I see, the less I know for sure.
- John Lennon

Choose to See Beauty and Joy:
Much in life can be seen as ugly or beautiful - it's our choice.
Why would we choose to see any part of life as ugly?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Obstacles are those frightful things
you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
- Henry Ford

Much in life can be seen as ugly or beautiful - it's our choice.
Why would we choose to see any part of life as ugly?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

We shall see but a little way if
we require to understand what we see.
- Henry David Thoreau

Could we change our attitude,
we should not only see life differently,
but life itself would be different.
- Katherine Mansfield

Everything that we see is a shadow
cast by that which we do not see.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Better keep yourself clean and bright;
you are the window through which
you must see the world.
- George Bernard Shaw

Choose the World You See.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The farther backward you can look,
the farther forward you can see.
- Winston Churchill

We never see what we are not ready to see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

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