What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.
A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
I am still sensitive to beauty. I would say, almost more so! The objects are somewhat distorted, blurry like impressionist paintings that strike you, sometimes, and draw you in. But external beauty remains transitory, whereas the beauty of a text, of a sentence, is an idea that I will keep within me an entire day.
Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.