#perception

There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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But the perception of life as an organic unity is a slow achievement, and depends for its growth on a people's entry into the main current of world-events. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

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We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken a lifetime to learn. It seems only the old are able to sit next to one another and not say anything and still feel content. The young, brash and impatient, must always break the silence. It is a waste, for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking. This is the great paradox. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#silence #people

Everyone looks retarded once you set your mind to it. ↗

— David Sedaris

#perception #retardation #humor

The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

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If it is widely assumed that the new President cannot move forward simply because of a narrow victory, there can easily develop a sense of unease and uncertainty, adversely affecting every sector of American society, our economy and the perception of other nations. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

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What if the differences between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars, but merely differences in knowledge? Would this not mean the whole Pyramid is built on shifting sands?" I speculated such a suggestion could be seen as a serious deviancy. Melphi seemed delited. "Try this for deviancy: fabricants are mirrors held up to purebloods' consciences; what purebloods see reflected there sickens them. So they blame you for holding up the mirror." I hid my shock by asking when purebloods might blame themselves. Melphi relplied, "History suggests, not until they are made to. ↗

— David Mitchell

#equality #hatred #justice #perception #racism

Logic will never change emotion or perception. ↗

— Edward de Bono

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What do you mean, blindly? That baby is a very sentient creature… That baby sees the world with a completeness that you and I will never know again. His doors of perception have not yet been closed. He still experiences the moment he lives in. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#living #perception #experience

Perception is created and twisted so quickly. ↗

— Louis C. K.

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