Perceiving Quotes

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Every society by its own practice of living and by the mode of relatedness, of feelings, and perceiving, develops a system of categories which determines… — Erich Fromm
Dimensionality only exists because the mind can perceive life that way, but that's only one simple method that the mind has for perceiving itself, for… — Frederick Lenz
The universe is ecstasy. We have many other ways of perceiving infinity. And when you perceive life through these other modes, that's when you see… — Frederick Lenz
Meditation is the art of life. Meditation is not simply a practice. It is an experience, awareness, and a way of perceiving life. — Frederick Lenz
It caused more problems as a young kid, because the simple process of perceiving words on a piece of paper was hard for me. Many… — Bruce Jenner
There are a million ideas in a world of stories. Humans are storytelling animals. Everything's a story, everyone's got stories, we're perceiving stories, we're interested… — Richard Linklater
I do not suffer; I cannot suffer because I am not an object. Of course there is suffering. But do you realize what this suffering… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The spirit is often concealed within matter to such an extent that few people are generally capable of perceiving it. — Wassily Kandinsky
It is dangerous and harmful to be guided in our life's course by hatreds and aversions, for they are wasteful of energy and limit and… — Jawaharlal Nehru
Buddhists don't feel that enlightenment is particularly unusual. We feel that it's the natural state. Enlightenment simply means perceiving life directly as it is in… — Frederick Lenz
...[E]very person perceives the world differently. So essentially, there are six billion human versions of reality on this planet, each perceiving its own truth. — Bruce H. Lipton
He who never looks up to a living God, to a heavenly presence, loses the power of perceiving that presence, and the universe slowly turns… — James Freeman Clarke
Pride perceiving humility honorable, often borrows her cloak. — Thomas Fuller
The limelight is a tricky place, because you can't believe what's going on around you. You stop observing. You stop perceiving. You stop extending yourself,… — Vera Farmiga
Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way. — William James
I was perceiving myself as good as a man or equal to a man and as powerful and I wanted to look ambiguous because I… — Annie Lennox
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it. — Baron de Montesquieu
I have been interested in dreams, really since I was a kid. I have always been fascinated by the idea that your mind, when you… — Christopher Nolan
If you're living with a scientist, you see the world differently than you do with a humanist. It's in some ways very subtle, the differences… — Joyce Carol Oates
The truth is that since childhood I had cultivated an existential independence. It came from perceiving the adults around me as unreliable, and without it… — Sonia Sotomayor

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