Perceptions Quotes

311 quotes by 255 authors

When we become fixed in our perceptions we lose our ability to fly. — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions. — M H Abrams
For me, spirit is the impulse towards life, the Eros in a person leaping forward, whereas soul refers to something possibly long.. suffering, where meanings… — Michael Leunig
Since consciousness is the basis of all reality, any shift in consciousness changes every aspect of our reality. Reality is created by consciousness differentiating into… — Deepak Chopra
Whoever controls the flow of information dictates our perceptions and perspectives; whoever controls the news shapes our destiny. — George Clinton
I've come to realize that the biggest problem anywhere in the world is that people's perceptions of reality are compulsively filtered through the screening mesh… — Travis Walton
Here life goes on, even and monotonous on the surface, full of lightning, of summits and of despair, in its depths. We have now arrived… — May Sarton
In addition to pumping the blood of life within our bodies, we may think of the heart as a belief-to-matter translator. It converts the perceptions… — Gregg Braden
Speak up, stand up, and keep correcting the false perceptions. Stay true to your heart's views and keep chanting for peace and justice. — Suzy Kassem
There is nothing so confining as the prisons of our own perceptions. — William Shakespeare
Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity. — Edward de Bono
The collective unconscious appears to consist of mythological motifs or primordial images, for which reason the myths of all nations are its real exponents. In… — Carl Jung
I may venture to affirm the rest of mankind, that they are nothing but a bundle or collection of different perceptions, which succeed each other… — David Hume
Equally, we require a collective past - hence the endless reinterpretations of history, frequently to suit the perceptions of the present. — Penelope Lively
Current cant equates fantasy with escapism, and current fashion would have it that fantasy is both easy to read and to write. It isn't. When… — Ellen Kushner
The fun of being in the pop world is you can really play with people's perceptions of what the word pop means. — Kimbra
Miracles surround us at every turn if we but sharpen our perceptions of them. — Willa Cather
Every kind of ignorance in the world all results from not realizing that our perceptions are gambles. We believe what we see and then we… — Robert Anton Wilson
Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and perceived… — Victor Davis Hanson
I was at the front for thirteen months, and by the end of that time the sharpest perceptions had become dulled, the greatest words mean. — Ernst Toller

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