1,601 Quotes About Perception
- Author Idries Shah
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When you realise the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.
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- Author Thich Nhat Hanh
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If we take something to be the truth, we may cling to it so much that when the truth comes and knocks on our door, we won't want to let it in.
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- Author Aleatha Romig
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If things look right on the surface the underside is rarely questioned. However, things may be great in reality, but if one perceives them to be amiss, it is difficult to change that perception.
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- Author Brandon Sanderson
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Truth is individual.”“What? No it’s not. Truth is . . . it’s Truth. Reality.”“Your truth is what you see,” Pattern said, sounding confused. “What else could it be? That is the truth that you spoke to me, the truth that brings power.
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- Author Nenia Campbell
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But fairytales were, at best, dirty mirrors whose warped and pitted surfaces reflected a highly distorted view of the truth, quite different from reality.
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- Author Edgar Allan Poe
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For eyes we have no models in the remotely antique.
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- Author Shannon L. Alder
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When the rush of the weak sweeps over those that strive to be strong, its destruction. The commonplaces of moral judgment become fogged with the lack of perception stained with the sting of longing. The voice of reason is lost in the envious echoes of hearts torn by battle. The song of our children echo the misfortune of their parent's haze---we all started out small and had dreams to become something more than what we were.
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- Author Edward T. Hall
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People carry around with them internalization's fixed-feature space learned early in life. Man is like other members of the animal kingdom , first, last and always a prisoner of his biological organism. No matter how hard he tries, it is impossible for him to the best himself of his own culture, where it has penetrated to the roots of his nervous system and determines how he perceives the world.
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- Author Clive Barker
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The flawlessly beautiful were flawlessy happy, weren't they? To Kristy this had always seemed self-evident. Tonight, however, the alcohol made her wonder if envy hadn't blinded her. Perhaps to be flawless was another kind of sadness.
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