1,601 Quotes About Perception

Quotes tell a story. A stringing together of a few words can leave you with an idea that changes the course of your life, and can direct you toward reaching your highest potential as a human. The story they tell is derived from the experience which inspired them, and it is our sharing that experience that allows for the quote to resonate so deeply within our being.

Gastamos actualmente en bebidas y tabaco más de lo que gastamos en educación. Esto,desde luego, no es sorprendente. El afán de escapar de sí mismo y del ambiente se halla en la mayoría de nosotros casi todo el tiempo.

Thoreau and Huxley calmly state what I have spent years trying to articulate, and never found the words for doing so. To read the words of these great men is to read the highest expression of my very self which is inexpressible due to the shortcomings of my particular nature.

Words make the intangible aspects of human experience communicable, and a single sentence can shatter our world view and assist us in the formulation of a new one.

music is like a word for the poetry.poetry is like a sound for the music.sounds are like words for me...

Perception is all about incomplete knowledge.It may turn positive if wisdom overpowers knowledge, and it may turn negative if incompleteness overshadows wisdom.

For every reality that is, there exists a hundred other parallel realities. Which on we perceive depends therefore on how we choose to see.

What we do and do not do are shaped by our sense of how others are — shared understandings of right and wrong, good and bad, valuable and worthless. The pathways and practices we end up taking are rendered meaningful by shared scripts and narratives that permeate our society.

This last isn’t something I actually saw, but what you end up remembering isn’t always the same as what you have witnessed.