Quotes About Perception

Knowing what things are not is often as important as knowing what they are.

We saw what we saw. Whether it was a place or a vision in our mind, it doesn't matter. We must act upon what we experienced, so to that end, yes, it was real.' 'Now?

People most often don't see what is right before them.

It's often said we take offense most in what we see of ourselves in others.

You've learned something very young, Prince, something that even older men rarely understand. You've learned that fear isn't a terrible-looking thing but something lovely and seductive.

Seconds slowed and passed before Nicholas's mind's eye like a parade of snails upon the garden path.

Come you near or go you far, light from candle or flick'ring star? See what you will, or so you think, but is water sweet before you drink? Who can know of truth and lies? When can a man believe his eyes? Suspect what's known to mortal senses, for our nature vaults all mystic fences, that stand between that which is and seems, and back we are to truth ... or dreams.

It's difficult the first time you have to get close to kill another. You see their eyes, see the light in it go out. Even a troll's eyes have that light. I'd be worried if you didn't feel something after that. I don't like hunting with a man who's a killer without that feeling.

There is no magic, only tricks.

Trying to guess the enemy's next move is useful; trying to guess what they are thinking is pointless.

A small bad intention is often far more easily believed than a big one, Magnificence

All of reality as we know it is but an illusion, a dream of some agency we can barely comprehend.

people who took things for granted in these situations were called corpses.

Ljudi kažu da nas ?esto najviše vre?a deo sopstvenog lika u drugom ?oveku.

The order of the universe is like a gem with many facets, and we see only one, that which reflects the existence of our own world.

I wonder if those who live here get used to this beauty." "Undoubtedly, Magnificence. It is the nature of man to become oblivious to that which is around him daily

Os defeitos que vemos nos outros nunca parecem tão terríveis como os que vemos em nós...

And evil is most adept at seeing what it wants to see. That's its weakness. It doesn't anticipate the possibility of failure.

While covering her from neck to ankles, it was thin and clung to her figure with alarming tenacity.

You would never look at yourself as "evil" no matter what the other fellow thought of what you did. It's in our nature. And that's the great secret of evil. It is never viewed as evil by those who perpetrate the evil.

He knew there was only a slight difference between an armed guard and an escort, but sometimes that difference separated the honored and the condemned.

It is said by some that the gods show us their bitter humor by molding us into what we hate most in others.

why do I want to appear to be drinking more than I am?' 'Make it a habit. Men in their cups are fools, more often than not. And it can be wise to look the fool at times.

Pierrot had no particular opinion on public morals, or the future of civilization. No one had ever told him that he was intelligent. He had frequently been told, rather, that he behaved like an idiot or that he bore some resemblance to the moon. At all events, here and now, he was happy, and content, vaguely.