In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing.
In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing.
All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another's struggles.
To attempt this would be like seeing without eyes or directing the gaze of knowledge behind one's own eye. Modern science can acknowledge no other than this epistemological stand-point.
If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.
Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.
I have long thought that anyone who does not regularly - or ever - gaze up and see the wonder and glory of a dark night sky filled with countless stars loses a sense of their fundamental connectedness to the universe.
I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life; it seems so near, and yet heaven is not further from hell.
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.
Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.
No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.
Through his mastery of storytelling techniques, he has managed to separate his character, in the public mind, from his actions as president. He has, in short, mesmerized us with that steady gaze.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories