Perception Quotes

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Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination. — Oliver Sacks
It is that happy stretch of time when the lovers set to chronicling their passion. When no glance, no tone of voice is so fleeting… — Ahdaf Soueif
Oh, that," said the king with a shrug. "That isn't your honor, Costis. That's the public perception of your honor. It has nothing to do… — Megan Whalen Turner
But the transformation of consciousness undertaken in Taoism and Zen is more like the correction of faulty perception or the curing of a disease. It… — Alan Watts
Light is important to us humans. It influences our moods, our perceptions, our energy levels. A face glimpsed among trees, dappled by the shadows and… — John Marsden
I know that what you call 'God' really exists, but not in the form you think; God is primal cosmic energy, the love in your… — Wilhelm Reich
A lot of our perception of history is influenced by inaccurate movies. — Nelson DeMille
That is the beauty of memory, isnâ€™t it? Our reality is always clouded by our perceptions of truth. (Mnimi) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Distance... is like futurity. A dim vastness is spread before our souls; the perceptions of our mind are as obscure as those of our vision...… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Can a man of perception respect himself at all? — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The body is imaginary, and we bow to the tyranny of a phantom. Love is a privilege perception, the most total and lucid not only… — Adolfo Bioy Casares
To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions. — Stephen Covey
We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how… — Stephen Covey
We see the world, not as it is, but as we areâ”€â”€or, as we are conditioned to see it. — Stephen Covey
She was no longer struggling against the perception of facts, but adjusting herself to their clearest perception. — George Eliot
And Grace calls out, 'You are not just a disillusioned old man who may die soon, a middle-aged woman stuck in a job and desperately… — Brennan Manning
My feelings are not God. God is God. My feelings do not define truth. Godâ€™s word defines truth. My feelings are echoes and responses to… — John Piper
Yet I have come to believe that while the past is unchangeable, our perceptions of is are malleable... — Nicholas Sparks
Sometimes isnâ€™t it better to have some time and space to ourselves? We will have new perception of things. — Ai Yazawa
Just as in the body, eye and ear develop as organs of perception, as senses for bodily processes, so does a man develop in himself… — Rudolf Steiner

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