perception Quotes

Nor need it cause surprise that things disagreeable to the good man should seem pleasant to some men; for mankind is liable to many corruptions and diseases, and the things in question are not really pleasant, but only pleasant to... ...

Perception starts with the eye.

To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence.

What we expect, that we find.

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

"The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen."

"Here is my secret. It is very simple: one sees well only with the heart. The essential is invisible to the eyes."

"And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye."

"When I find a woman attractive, I have nothing at all to say. I simply watch her smile. Intellectuals take apart her face in order to explain it bit by bit, but they no longer see the smile."

"All men have the stars," he answered, "but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travellers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others,... ...