About This Quote
The saying, "don't look with your eyes" or "don't think with your mind", was written by the poet John Donne, and is a metaphor for not looking at something from a physical perspective. In other words, you shouldn't look at something with the eyes... Instead, you should look at it from a metaphorical perspective. For example, you should not see a particular person as a literal human being.
You should see that person as a beautiful poem, a beautiful masterpiece of art. It is not what they physically are that makes them beautiful, but what they symbolize to you.
Source: We Are One
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