#perceptions

I knew her better than herself …and she was beautiful and strong and felt deep. It has always surprised me to see the way she saw herself; how little she thought about her person. It struck me as surprising because every single time I’ve seen her, I’ve thought her larger than life. And that’s why the world feared her. Because they couldn’t compare to her; she raised a new bar for others to be measured by. Because looking at the sun hurts…and she was that to me. My own piece of sky. ↗

— Eiry Nieves

#beauty #love #lovers-love-story #perceptions #beauty

Just because these flowers sprung from weeds doesn't make them less breathtaking as those in shops and well tended gardens. Some of the most beautiful "blooms" and events out of our lives spring from experiences that almost brea(o)k us. Perhaps these "flowers" are blessings which tell us how a lot of things aren't what they seem and that when we choose to change our perceptions our perspectives can transform too. Then maybe - joy doesn't have to be as elusive as we make it out to be just like weeds growing wild a few yards off an ocean shore. ↗

— Ruby S. Bernardo

#beauty

Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns, whether they exist or not. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#perceptions #storytelling #perception

Causing any damage or harm to one party in order to help another party is not justice, and likewise, attacking all feminine conduct [in order to warn men away from individual women who are deceitful] is contrary to the truth, just as I will show you with a hypothetical case. Let us suppose they did this intending to draw fools away from foolishness. It would be as if I attacked fire -- a very good and necessary element nevertheless -- because some people burnt themselves, or water because someone drowned. The same can be said of all good things which can be used well or used badly. But one must not attack them if fools abuse them. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#argument #clichés #conduct #damage #danger

You know, one of the perceptions, again, about FEMA is that there's been a demise in the organization since it became the - under - it started to become part of the Department of Homeland Security. ↗

— Henry Bonilla

#again #became #become #been #demise

I'm not interested in trying to work on people's perceptions. I am who I am, and if you don't take the time to learn about that, then your perception is going to be your problem. ↗

— Jim Brown

#am #going #i #i am #interested

It's to hard to speak unfeigned to a world that bathes in the art of deception. It's hard to seek the truth in a world that has been enveloped with illusions. It's hard to touch sincerity, when opinions exist. However, it's easy to have faith, when the highest respected power is naiveté. ↗

— Lionel Suggs

#art

Every ZERO Is 3/4th Of an HERO...! It’s All in the PERCEPTION! ↗

— Sujit Lalwani

#life #perceptions #life

Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe. ↗

— Claudia Black

#accurate #believe #far #more #often

Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe. ↗

— Claudia Black

#believe #far #more #often #perceptions