Clever Quote by Julian Barnes

The stories we are told shape the way we see the world, which shapes the way we experience the world.

— Derrick Jensen

“The world you see is seen by you alone. What entices you and what repels you, what strengthens you and what weakens you, is…

— Marcus Buckingham

“Every story is informed by a worldview.”

— Brian Godawa

“Each of us has a unique perspective on the world around us, an inner eye that has more to do with how we think…

— David Sturt

We interpret the world through stories... everybody makes in their own way sense of things, but if you have stories it helps.

— Paula Rego

“Control what people believe, and you control what they do. Who they are. The world is only the aggregate of human perception. Stories are…

— Mike Carey

You see, my good friend, how much we are the creatures of situation and circumstance, and with what pliant servility the mind resigns itself…

— Sydney, Lady Morgan

“As a rule the tales which get abroad in the world are false. . . . People always exaggerate things. More so, when months…

— Yoshida Kenko

Stories about ourselves and about the world continually arise in our minds and shape our beliefs about reality.

— Tara Brach

I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror…

— Gabriel Byrne

“The patterns we perceive are determined by the stories we want to believe.”

— John Verndon

“Psychologically, our reality derives from the stories we tell ourselves, at least the ones we believe.”

— Matthew D. Lieberman