Quotes About Perception

You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.

A thought that sometimes makes me hazy: Am I - or are the others crazy?

All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.

The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether they see a moth or an axe-murderer.

Simply put, you believer that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

The interesting thing is how one guy, through living out his own fantasies, is living out the fantasies of so many other people.

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

It is amazing how many drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.

When I look fast, I'm not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.

Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel.

We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.

People's opinions of us will always change, but how we see ourselves will stay with us forever.

In my mind, I've always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y'all just didn't know yet.

The world we have created is a product of our thinking.

Sometimes people ask, 'Are hockey fights real?' I say, 'If they weren't, I'd get in more of them.

When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.

All pressure is self-inflicted. It's what you make of it or how you let it rub off on you.

I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arrogant.

Pause now to ask yourself the following question: 'Am I dreaming or awake, right now?' Be serious, really try to answer the question to the best of your ability and be ready to justify your answer.

Someone's opinion of you does not have to become your reality.

On the Internet, everyone squats. In real life, the squat rack is always empty. You figure out what this means.

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.