Perception Quotes

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Education has for its object the formation of character. To curb restive propensities, to awaken dormant sentiments, to strengthen the perceptions, and cultivate the tastes,… — Herbert Spencer
Power is a thing of perception. They don't need to be able to kill you. They just need you to think they are able to… — Julian Assange
We both know that, my friend, but a man's perception soon becomes his reality. — Tim LaHaye
Sense data are much more controversial than qualia, because they are associated with a controversial theory of perception - that one perceives the world by… — David Chalmers
By drawing our senses of perception inward, we are able to experience the control, silence, and quietness of the mind. — B.K.S. Iyengar
Our flawed mechanisms of perception and thought are not a cause for grief, but an opportunity to evolve, for an internal evolution of consciousness that… — B.K.S. Iyengar
There is evidence that acupuncture influences the production of and distribution of a great many neurotransmitters and neuromodulators, and that this in turn alters the… — David Eisenberg
Science is a perception of the world around us. Science is a place where what you find in nature pleases you. — Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Where perception is, there also are pain and pleasure, and where these are, there, of necessity, is desire. — Aristotle
I only want my team to play to its potential, as I perceive it to be. I really don't have any regard for anyone else's… — Bill Parcells
I received a grant from The Ford Foundation to write a book for kids about urban perception, or how people experience cities, but I kept… — Norton Juster
I just wanted to have fun for myself - I felt I had a lot to say, and I realized that I missed having a… — Tina Brown
When you have proved that God is merely a name for the sex instinct, it appears to me not far to the perception that the… — Aleister Crowley
The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alternative to the consciousness and perception of the dominant culture… — Walter Brueggemann
The locus of the human mystery is perception of this world. From it proceeds every thought, every art. — Marilynne Robinson
I came away from the talk with the perception that the risk of adverse side effects is so much greater than the risk of cervical… — Joan Robinson
Confidence is closely linked to how well our perceptions match reality — Matthieu Ricard
Our perception that we have 'no time' is one of the distinctive marks of modern Western culture. — Margaret Visser
The Principle which gives life dwells in us, and without us, is undying and beneficent, is not heard or seen or smelt, but it is… — Mabel Collins
Semi-Tough pokes fun in rambling fashion, but it is vulgar in intelligent ways and almost always amusing in its perceptions of befuddled people who are… — Vincent Canby

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