---
title: "1 Learned Look Quotes By Ellen Langer"
description: "1 Learned Look quotes by Ellen Langer. Plus more from Ellen Langer and more Learned Look sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/ellen-langer-23571_determine_what-we-have-learned-to-look-for-in-a-si_121893.png"
---

> [What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/what-we-have-learned-to-look-for-in-a-situation-determines-mostly/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/ellen-langer-23571_determine_what-we-have-learned-to-look-for-in-a-si_121893.png)

## More by Ellen Langer

> [Out of the questions of students come most of the creative ideas and discoveries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/out-of-the-questions-of-students-come-most-of-the-creative-ideas-and/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

> [What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/what-we-have-learned-to-look-for-in-a-situation-determines-mostly/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

> [If we respect students abilities to define their own experiences, to generate their own hypotheses, and to discover new ways of categorizing the world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/if-we-respect-students-abilities-to-define-their-own-experiences-to/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

> [Stress is a function not of events, but of our view of those events.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/stress-is-a-function-not-of-events-but-of-our-view-of-those-events/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

> [Mindfulness is the cure for everything; the essence of being alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/mindfulness-is-the-cure-for-everything-the-essence-of-being-alive/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

> [Once you've seen there is another perspective, you can never not see that there's another point of view.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/once-you-ve-seen-there-is-another-perspective-you-can-never-not-see/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

> [There is always a step small enough from where we are to get us to where we want to be. If we take that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/there-is-always-a-step-small-enough-from-where-we-are-to-get-us-to/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

> [“The same situation of stimulus called by a different name is a different stimulus. Roller coasters are fun but bumpy plane rides are not!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/the-same-situation-of-stimulus-called-by-a-different-name-is-a/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

> [Wherever you put the mind, the body will follow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/wherever-you-put-the-mind-the-body-will-follow/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

> [Certainty is a cruel mindset. It hardens our minds against possibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/certainty-is-a-cruel-mindset-it-hardens-our-minds-against-possibility/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

> [When people are not in the moment, they're not there to know that they're not there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/when-people-are-not-in-the-moment-they-re-not-there-to-know-that-they/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

> [Virtually all of life's ills boil down to mindlessness. If you can understand someone else's perspective, then there's no reason to be angry at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/virtually-all-of-life-s-ills-boil-down-to-mindlessness-if-you-can/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

> [In the perspective of every person lies a lens through which we may better understand ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/in-the-perspective-of-every-person-lies-a-lens-through-which-we-may/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

> [We should open ourselves to the impossible and embrace a psychology of possibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/we-should-open-ourselves-to-the-impossible-and-embrace-a-psychology/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

> [Life consists only of moments, nothing more than that. So if you make the moment matter, it all matters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/life-consists-only-of-moments-nothing-more-than-that-so-if-you-make/)

[Ellen Langer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-langer/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learned-look/ellen-langer/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Learned Look Quotes By Ellen Langer",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Ellen Langer"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-langer/what-we-have-learned-to-look-for-in-a-situation-determines-mostly/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/ellen-langer-23571_determine_what-we-have-learned-to-look-for-in-a-si_121893.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/ellen-langer-23571_determine_what-we-have-learned-to-look-for-in-a-si_121893.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/ellen-langer-23571_determine_what-we-have-learned-to-look-for-in-a-si_121893.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“What we have learned to look for in a situation determines mostly what we see.” — Ellen Langer",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learned-look/ellen-langer/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learned-look/ellen-langer/",
            "name": "Learned Look Quotes by Ellen Langer",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learned-look/ellen-langer/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/ellen-langer-23571_determine_what-we-have-learned-to-look-for-in-a-si_121893.png"
            },
            "description": "1 Learned Look quotes by Ellen Langer. Plus more from Ellen Langer and more Learned Look sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learned-look/ellen-langer/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learned-look/ellen-langer/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Learned Look",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learned-look/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Ellen Langer",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/learned-look/ellen-langer/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```