Quotes About Perception

It was as if single nights had the duration of centuries, so within that time the most profound alterations in the whole of mankind, in the earth itself and the whole solar system could very well have taken place.

When I sat on a camp stool in the garden in a black coat with a black flap hat I felt like a marble guest who had returned from times long past into a strange world.

Le monde entier est dans ce que nous disons - et tout entier éclairé par ce que nous taisons. (p. 34)

Il sapere è innanzitutto carnale. Le nostre orecchie e i nostri occhi lo captano, la nostra bocca lo trasmette. Certo, ci viene dai libri, ma i libri escono da noi. Fa rumore, un pensiero, e il piacere di leggere è un retaggio del bisogno di dire.

Vous ne vous rendez pas compte, monsieur, j'ai douze ans et demi, et je n'ai rien fait.

La lettura, atto di comunicazione? Ecco un'altra simpatica frottola da commentatori! Quel che noi leggiamo, lo taciamo.

Quand Suzanne imitait l'accent français, mon accent, elle m'offrait la physiologie de notre langue. Son visage rétrécissait, ses sourcils se haussaient, elle redressait la tête, baissait à demi les paupières, avançait une bouche hautaine et boudeuse : Vous autres, maudits Français, toujours à parler avec votre bouche en cul-de-poule, comme si vous chiiez des Å"ufs en or sur nos pauvres têtes!

E poi, ti dirò una cosa: l'"onore" è tutta una questione di prospettiva storica.

Di tutto, ai libri facciamo subire di tutto. Ma solo il modo in cui gli altri li maltrattano ci ferisce...

Me quede estupefacto. Estos chiquillos... No solo nos creen omnipotentes cuando vivimos, sino que además nos suponen toda clase de poderes después de la muerte" Pierre

Non si ha più diritto di mettersi le parole in bocca prima di ficcarsele in testa? Niente più orecchie? Niente più musica? Niente più saliva? Parole senza più gusto?

Le savoir est d'abord charnel. Ce sont nos oreilles et nos yeux qui le captent, notre bouche qui le transmet. Certes, il nous vient de livres, mais les livres sortent de nous. Ça fait du bruit, une pensèe, et le gout de lire est un héritage du besoin de dire.

I realized that most thoughts are impersonal happenings, like self-assembling machines. Unless we train ourselves, the thoughts passing through our mind have little involvement with our will. It is strange to realize that even our own thoughts pass by like scenery out the window of a bus, a bus we took by accident while trying to get somewhere else.

He saw thinking as a form of intoxication.

That's not the kind of thing crazy people do, her muddled thoughts insisted. That's the kind of thing crazy people see.

Once you learn to discern the voice of Mother Culture humming in the background, telling her story over and over again to the people of your culture, you'll never stop being conscious of it. Wherever you go for the rest of your life, you'll be tempted to say to the people around you, "how can you listen to this stuff and not recognize it for what it is?

Si no conocemos los procesos que nos llevan a creer ciertas cosas, no seremos capaces de evitar creer ciertas cosas que en realidad son ficciones sin fundamento. Son cosas que aprisionan la mente como una soporífera y pesada tela de araña, y no le permiten cobrar altura. Son cosas que si usted las cree pueden llevarlo a la muerte prematura, y no querrá usted morir antes de tiempo, ¿verdad?

Es saludable analizar críticamente nuestra visión de mundo, el tejido de creencias que constituye el marco de referencia desde el cual evaluamos nuestro entorno. Es una hiedra espinosa enraizada en nuestra mente, que se adhiere a nuestro ser interceptando la luz, y que necesita de un jardinero que sepa dónde cortar. Ha crecido alimentada por el continuo proceso de educación formal e informal que determina nuestra panera de pensar y actuar.

En ocasiones un idiota puede decir algo genial y un genio decir una idiotez.

My inspiration is art... because without art, we would just be stuck with reality.

It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people.

I've always thought that as long as directors and casting directors don't see me as just Harry Potter, I'll be OK. People have shown a lot of faith in me, and I owe them a huge debt. They're letting me prove that I'm serious about this.

I've never been one of the cool people at school, but then again, I don't get the people who are cool. It's not that I don't like them, it's just that they don't interest me.

I think it's useful, as a famous person, to have as little separation between the perception of you and how you really are - because otherwise I'd be sitting here thinking I'm keeping secrets, and wondering when you're going to find out.