1,601 Quotes About Perception

Enlightenment does not mean making the most of bad situations. It means knowing that every situation is neither good nor bad.

I used to see the flaw in every diamond. Now stones astound me with their perfection.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

It may be a fact that the sky seems blue to you. Even so, that does not mean that the sky is blue.

No stone can split water, but water can sink any stone.

We are master alchemists: We may not have discovered how to make gold out of lead, but we are able to make heaven out of hell, hell out of heaven, and purgatory out of nothing.

Nonsense can be an ingenious architect of sense, as it may turn things upside down and, so doing, sharpen our perception, stir our imagination, clear our mind and refine our judgment. Like poetry might interlock with science, and emotion with intellect, so are sense and nonsense relentlessly interacting and this interplay enriches the filigree of our thinking pattern. (“Drunken ship” )

Your perception of me, of life, of others ... is always a reflection of something in you.

Love is a serious infection. You get infected by the attractive force of thought, perception, and imagination.