Perception Quotes

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Reality is irrelevant; Perception is everything. — Terry Goodkind
Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality. — Terry Goodkind
The surgeons' market is imaginary, since there is nothing wrong with women's faces or bodies that social change won't cure; so the surgeons depend for… — Naomi Wolf
Today a woman must ignore her reflection in the eyes of her lover, since he might admire her, and seek it in the gaze of… — Naomi Wolf
The human faculties of perception, judgment, discriminative feeling, mental activity, and even moral preference, are exercised only in making a choice. He who does anything… — John Stuart Mill
Though all three men faced the same hardship, their differing perceptions of it appeared to be shaping their fates. Louie and Phil's hope displaced their… — Laura Hillenbrand
By observing natural scientific discoveries through a perception deepened by meditation, we can develop a new awareness of reality. This awareness could become the bedrock… — Albert Hofmann
Violet said nothing, though big pearly tears, like a child's, trembled at her lashes. She suddenly missed John very much. Into him she could pour… — John Crowley
Genius is neither learned nor acquired. It is knowing without experience. It is risking without fear of failure. It is perception without touch. It is… — Patricia Polacco
People do lie to themselves, and they get away with it because every action affirms and reaffirms their perception. That's the power of the human… — Vicki Pettersson
Resentment and gratitude cannot coexist, since resentment blocks the perception and experience of life as a gift. My resentment tells me that I don't receive… — Henri Nouwen
Simple perception then is a fallacy. Besides the conscious prejudices that we are aware of imposing on the world, there are a thousand subconscious prejudices… — Colin Wilson
So much of the past in encapsulated in the odds and ends. Most of us discard more information about ourselves than we ever care to… — Sue Grafton
The foundation of reverence is this perception, that the present holds within itself the complete sum of existence, backwards and forwards, that whole amplitude of… — Alfred North Whitehead
It's as if when I open myself up to every perception, things create their own focus. — Kristin Cashore
Perhaps if we could popularise through the techniques of branding and consumerism, a different idea, a different narrative, perhaps the world can change. After all… — Russell Brand
Our perceptions are fallible. We sometimes see what isn't there. We are prey to optical illusions. Occasionally we hallucinate. We are error-prone. — Carl Sagan
Your whole idea about yourself is borrowed-- borrowed from those who have no idea of who they are themselves. — Rajneesh
A mind set in its ways is wasted. Don't do it. — Eric Schmidt
I am thing that thinks: that is, a things that doubts,affirms, denies, understands a few things, is ignorant of many things, is willing, is unwilling,… — Rene Descartes

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