Music is the mediator between the life of the senses and the life of the spirit. Ludwig van Beethoven
With the eye in a natural state sight follows necessarily ... In the same way the life of blessedness is as a familiar second nature to those who have kept clear the senses of the soul. Gregory of Nyssa
I consider it absurd that we should permit our senses to sate themselves without hindrance with their own material food, but that we should exclude the mind alone from its own particular activity. Basil of Caesarea
Seven women in their right senses are surpassed by a mad man. Maltese Proverb
The palm-wine we drink, some people can drink it and remain wise; others lose all their senses. African Proverb
To whom God gives an office, adds also senses to it. Hungarian Proverb