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Perceive Quotes - Page 3

The mature person perceives the fruitlessness of rigid, external methodologies.

Laozi, Brian Browne Walker (1992). “Hua Hu Ching: Teachings of Lao Tzu”

I will go wash; And when my face is fair, you shall perceive Whether I blush or no.

William Shakespeare, William Harness, William Gilmore Simms (1842). “The Complete Works of William Shakspeare”, p.630

Most people perceive moderates as timid, middle-of-the-roaders, who can't take a stand.

"The Sweep: Vikings, voters and the charge of the Militant Middle" by Tom Foreman, www.cnn.com. September 29, 2010.

we perceive silence where, in fact, there is a muffler.

Louise Bernikow (1981). “Among women”, HarperCollins

The lover is drawn by the thing loved, as the sense is by that which it perceives.

Leonardo Da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”

Religion struck me so vague a thing at best, that I could perceive no advantage of any one system over any other.

Letter to Maurice W. Moe (16 January 1915), in "Selected Letters I, 1911-1924" edited by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei, (p. 10), 1965.

Minds that have nothing to confer Find little to perceive.

William Wordsworth (1849). “The poetical works of William Wordsworth”, p.167

The kind of person other people perceive you to be controls their responses to you.

Tony Robbins (2012). “Awaken The Giant Within”, p.486, Simon and Schuster

Most people perceive their occupation as being a detriment to their overall wellbeing.

"Happy at work, happy in life". Interview with Jennifer Robison, www.nationalpost.com. June 2, 2010.

The world is full of signals that we don't perceive.

Stephen Jay Gould (2010). “The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History”, p.313, W. W. Norton & Company