1,601 Quotes About Perception

Nonsense is that which does not fit into the prearranged patterns which we have superimposed on reality...Nonsense is nonsense only when we have not yet found that point of view from which it makes sense.

People are a lot more knowable than they think they are.

A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon.

Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them.""I don't believe in ghosts," I said, faintly."Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there," she replied.

A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote.

You will always define events in a manner which will validate your agreement with reality.

If we don’t readjust our perception in time, the screeching hinges in our mind may break for want of oil and our viewing angle narrow unremittingly, thus inducing blurred vision, misinterpretation and incomprehension. ( "Drunken sailor" )

That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.

Armed neutrality makes it much easier to detect hypocrisy.