Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eyes”
“If vacillation dwell with the heart the soul will rue it.”
Ist zwîvel herzen nâchgebûr,
das muoz der sêle warden sûr.
Bk. 1, st. 1, line 1; p. 15.
Parzival
“What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve.”
Vulgo dicitur: Quod non videt oculus, cor non dolet.
In Festo Omnium Sanctorum, Sermo 5, sect. 5; translation from Scottish Notes and Queries, 1st series, vol. 7, p. 59
Context: It is commonly said: What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve.
“what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over”
Source: The Zahir
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
“If what the eye sees does not rankle in the heart
Sweet is the flow of life in travel spent.”
Ghalib (M. Mujeeb), p. 15
Poetry, Couplets
Voici mon secret. Il est très simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
Variant translations: Here is my secret. It is very simple: one sees well only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes.
The essential things in life are seen not with the eyes, but with the heart.
Le Petit Prince (1943)
