Quotes About Observation

When one hears hoofbeats, medical students are taught, one must think of horses, not zebras. But the doctor who sees my blood count will surely think of horses. He will arrive at a perfectly logical conclusion. It will no occur to him that, this time, it is truly a zebra galloping by.

Nadine did a lot of listening. It was the men who seemed to do all the talking.

Kusursuz suç, diye düÅŸündü Jane. Ama bir görgü tan??? vard?. Mahsen merdiveninin alt?na saklanm??, sessiz bir k?z.

I look at the others seated around the campfire. Mr. and Mrs. Matsunaga are diligently reviewing the day's photos on his camera. Vivian and Sylvia lounge in their low-cut tank tops, oozing pheromones that make poor, awkward Elliot grovel for attention as usual. Are you gals chilly? Can I get your sweaters?

Now they were probably telling one another: Yeah, I knew something wasn't right. Everyone's brilliant in retrospect.

Do not be concerned with what others have or have not done. Observe your own actions and inactions.

Ez a történet nem érte el célját, ha az olvasó nem vette észre, hogy az Å'rnagy fajankó volt.

And have you traveled very far? Far as the eye can see. How often have you been there? Often enough to know. What did you see when you were there? Nothing that doesn't show. (from the 1967 song, Baby You're a Rich Man.

There are many sets of eyes watching the world at this time. That is part of your disadvantage. But military conquest will not be sought here because the world is too valuable, and the foreign races who seek to establish themselves here need humanity as their workforce—a compliant and willing workforce—for these foreign races cannot live in this environment for reasons that you would not guess.

Und dann sehe ich doch auch gleich, dass Sie anders sind als andere, dafür haben wir Frauen ein scharfes Auge.

A clever companion—had she ever had one—would have warned her never to look a man in the eyes so steadily.

I prefer the still joy: The wasp drinking at the edge of my cup; A snake lifting its head; A snail's music.

Si jamais quelqu'un était capable de retracer exactement ce qu'il voit et ressent en faisant seulement dix mètres dans la rue, nous obtiendrions une image si déformée, si obscure, tellement subjective qu'il est difficile de s'en faire une idée, même vague. Et personne ne regarde jamais autour de soi avec attention, jusqu'au moment où il vient ici.

Mindfulness must be engaged. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what's the use of seeing?

Just because we do not perceive something, it is not correct to say it does not exist.

You should have a chance to observe him when he sleeps. Look deeply, and see the tenderness that is revealed, the suffering, the hope, the despair that can be expressed during sleep. Sit there for fifteen minutes or half an hour, and just look. Understanding and compassion will arise in you, and you will know how to be there for your partner.

The most basic precept of all is to be aware of what we do, what we are, each minute . Every other precept will follow from that.

Looking deeply means observing something or someone with so much concentration that the distinction between observer and observed disappears.

Mindful observation is based on the principle of "non-duality": our feeling is not separate from us or caused merely by something outside us; our feeling is us, and for the moment we are that feeling. We are neither drowned in nor terrorized by the feeling, nor do we reject it. Our attitude of not clinging to or rejecting our feelings is the attitude of letting go[.]

The Buddha told him, When we sit, we know we are sitting. When we walk, we know we are walking. When we eat, we know we are eating

We tend to focus on the object and call it reality. We don't notice how our mind intervenes in our perception.

We can experience happiness, ease, and peace when we observe these moments of no desire. Desirelessness is the basic condition that makes possible the feelings of joy, peace, and ease that come with living a simple life. Simplicity means to have few desires, to be content with a simple life and just a few possessions. Desirelessness is the basis of true happiness, because in true happiness there must be the elements of peace, joy, and ease.

As practitioners of meditation, we should never accept anything on blind faith, regarding it as absolute, unchanging truth. We should investigate and observe reality with mindfulness and concentration, so our understanding and faith can deepen day by day.

When we can see the non-rose elements when looking at a rose, it is safe for us to use the word rose. When we look at A and see that A is not A, we know that A is truly A. Then A is no longer a dangerous obstacle for us.