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title: "7 Perceiver Quotes by 6 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Perceiver quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Perceiver sayings and thoughts."
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> [Ruins are ideal: the perceiver's attitudes count so heavily that one is tempted to say ruins are a way of seeing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-harbison/ruins-are-ideal-the-perceiver-s-attitudes-count-so-heavily-that-one/)

[Robert Harbison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-harbison/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75d/robert-harbison-56884_attitude_ruins-are-ideal-the-perceiver-s-attitude_284651.jpg)

> [“the universe doesn’t exist without a perceiver of that universe.") All”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pam-grout/the-universe-doesn-t-exist-without-a-perceiver-of-that-universe-all/)

[Pam Grout](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pam-grout/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/752/pam-grout-22689_physics_the-universe-doesn-t-exist-without-a-per_392815.jpg)

> [“The perceiver and the object, whatever the object is, or thing is, and wherever it may be, is always in coresonance with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-selig/the-perceiver-and-the-object-whatever-the-object-is-or-thing-is-and/)

[Paul Selig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-selig/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/paul-selig-26439_perceives_the-perceiver-and-the-object-whatever-th_466650.jpg)

> [The perceiver of the dream, the one whom the dream is unfolding before, is what we call the Self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/the-perceiver-of-the-dream-the-one-whom-the-dream-is-unfolding-before/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/499/frederick-lenz-8_dream_the-perceiver-of-the-dream-the-one-whom_480077.jpg)

> [The soul is the perceiver and the revealer of truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-soul-is-the-perceiver-and-the-revealer-of-truth/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/017/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_soul_the-soul-is-the-perceiver-and-the-reveal_742295.png)

> [ Reality... includes a perceiver, who has memories, thoughts, desires, emotions - \[which\] a normal camera tends to omit. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-ess/reality-includes-a-perceiver-who-has-memories-thoughts-desires/)

[Barbara Ess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-ess/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/barbara-ess-72196_cameras_reality-includes-a-perceiver-who-has-mem_1690752.jpg)

> [Step beyond your role as a perceiver, merge everything into the flux.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/step-beyond-your-role-as-a-perceiver-merge-everything-into-the-flux/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b5/frederick-lenz-8_flux_step-beyond-your-role-as-a-perceiver-mer_2475336.jpg)

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