perception Quotes

The brave man, if he be compared with the coward, seems foolhardy; and, if with the foolhardy man, seems a coward.

No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.

The Eyes are the organs of temptation, and the Ears are the organs of instruction.

Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful, for looking at it takes so small a portion of time that the impression of it will be confused. Nor can any very large one,... ...

If there were no soul, or no mind within the soul to count, then time couldn't exist. Time is something that depends on change, and change might exist without a soul, but without a counter, no 'time' as a measurable... ...

Just as bats can't see well in bright daylight, our reason struggles to grasp things that are naturally most obvious.

Change in everything is pleasant.

The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only one of these is present, we say that the thing is alive, if, for instance, there... ...

Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.

The majority of mankind would seem to be beguiled into error by pleasure, which, not being really a good, yet seems to be so. So that they indiscriminately choose as good whatsoever gives them pleasure, while they avoid all pain... ...