Perception Quotes - Page 19

The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.

I actually did trouble to read Marx first hand. I found it illuminating in so many ways; in particular, my perception of the relationship between people and the society in which they live was irreversibly altered.

Your direction is a result of your perception.

Reality is irrelevant; Perception is everything.

Life is not black and white when it comes to perception.

... This is the paradox of vision: Sharp perception softens our existence in the world.

The heart is an organ of perception.

It may be said, almost without qualification, that true wisdom consists in the ready and accurate perception of analogies. Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is unobstructive: without the latter it is deceptive.

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic.

There is no reality, only perception.

The mystical perception (which is only "mystical" if reality is limited to what can be measured by the intellect and senses) is remarkably consistent in all ages and all places. All phenomena are processes, connections, all is in flux...have the mind screens knocked away to see there is no real edge to anything, that in the endless interpenetration of the universe, a molecular flow, a cosmic energy shimmers in all stone and steel as well as flesh.

Conscience is the internal perception of God's Moral Law.

Philosophy... is the creative perception by the spirit of the meaning of human existence.

Nothing can be found in the intellect if previously has not been found in the senses.

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 at a stage in life so rich in new perceptions that cannot be transmitted to those at another stage - one feels at the same time full of so much gentleness and so much despair - the enigma of this life grows, grows, drowns one and crushes one, then all of a sudden in a supreme moment of light one becomes aware of the sacred.

The complexity of the connection between the world of perception and the world of physics does not preclude that such a connection can be shown to exist at any time.

The world is... the natural setting of, and field for, all my thoughts and all my explicit perceptions.

Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one perception, the perception of this one living being; and how all things act with one movement; and how all things are the cooperating causes of all things which exist; observe too the continuous spinning of the thread and the contexture of the web.

Factors affecting effective regional cooperation are mindsets and perceptions emanating from the past

The perception of potential threats to survival may be much more important in determining behavior than the perceptions of potential profits, so that profit maximization is not really the driving force. It is fear of loss rather than hope of gain that limits our behavior.

The reality of it, excuse me, is when you're in the public they already have a perception of you, ... And that can be a little awkward.

Oddly my name has been no professional help at all! It seems to have made no difference. I admire him hugely, both for his benevolence and his enormous psychological perception.

Living in the present is the instant perception of beauty and the great delight in it without seeking pleasure from it.

I can hear those glances that you think are silent.

As other perceptions arise...the total vision of human possibilities enlarges and is transformed.