Believe Quote by Gene Wolfe

We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges.

— Gene Wolfe

“Certain mystes aver that the real world has been constructed by the human mind, since our ways are governed by the artificial categories into…

— Gene Wolfe

“Symbols are more real than the things and ideas they represent”

— Anil Jain

“our perceptions of the external world are habitually clouded by the verbal notions in terms of which we do our thinking. We are for…

— Aldous Huxley

Our creations are the outward expressions of our inner truths.

— Anonymous

“Humans have invented all kinds of symbols to communicate not only with other humans but more importantly with ourselves.”

— don Jose Ruiz

All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others.

— Cher

“Our problem today is that we no longer believe in things but in symbols, hence our life has passed over into these symbols and…

— David R. Loy

The answer, The answer, my friend, is not yours to invent or create. It will be decided for you. It is outside you. It…

— John Piper

“So long as we are driven by the need to make up for our needs; by the restless sense that we are not yet…

— David Malouf

After all, we did not invent symbolism; it is a universal age-old activity of the human imagination.

— Sigmund Freud

If you take your inspiration from nature, you don't invent anything, because what you want to do is to interpret something. But still, everything…

— Brassai