Mark Twain Quotes

I wish they would see the real person in me. One day, they will know I'm not here for the show. My mind do shine. My heart is so kind. But that they can not see because all they see is the outside of me. Who I am, what I do is only the reaction I get from you.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

When you look at people, you should look at more than what you see on the surface; you should try to find a soul.

You cannot judge by outward appearances; the soul is only transparent to its Maker.

Outward appearance is nothing to Him if it is not an expression of the inner.

Image and appearance tell you little. The inside is bigger than the outside when you have the eyes to see.

To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.

O' What may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!

Beauty may be skin deep, but ugly goes clear to the bone.

We can never see who someone really is underneath the skin.

When you are in your heart of hearts, you can see beyond appearances.

When most people looked at Josie Tyrell, they only saw a certain collection of bones, a selection of forms filling space. But Michael saw past the mouth and the eyes, the architecture of the body, her fleshly masquerade. Other boys were happy enough to enjoy the show, they just wanted to be entertained in the body's shadow theater. But Michael had to come backstage. He went down into the mines, into the dark, and brought up the gold, your new self, a better self. But what good was it if he was just going to leave her behind?

Maybe we judge people too much by their looks because it's easier than seeing what's really important.

A pretty face, don't make a pretty heart.

...you find your genius by looking in the mirror of your life. Your visible image shows your inner truth, so when you're estimating others, what you see is what you get. It therefore becomes critically important to see generously, or you will get only what you see; to see sharply, so that you discern the mix of traits rather than a generalized lump; and to see deeply into dark shadows, or else you will be deceived.

What one beholds of a woman is the least part of her.

And what is it, thought I, after all! It’s only his outside; a man can be honest in any sort of skin.

God sees hearts as we see faces.

That men saw his mask, but the bishop saw his face. That men saw his life, but the bishop saw his conscience.

Look not to a woman's head for her brains, but rather to her heart.

Looks aren't all there is in the world, my lady. They are certainly no protection against being alone. Hearts never see through the eyes. (Sebastian)

Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.

The Christian woman should remember that she cannot buy true attractiveness; that radiance which really shines forth in beauty is of the heart and spirit and not of the body.

No matter how long you stand there examining yourself naked before a mirror, you'll never see reflected what's inside.