Quotes About Perception

Se comprendere è impossibile, conoscere è necessario.

I do not know what I will think tomorrow and later; today I feel no distinct emotion.

Oggi, questo vero oggi in cui io sto seduto a un tavolo e scrivo, io stesso non sono convinto che queste cose sono realmente accadute.

Pensavo molte cose insensate, e non pensavo alcune cose tristemente sensate.

Alas for the dreamer: the moment of consciousness that accompanies the awakening is the acutest of sufferings.

For living men, the units of time always have a value, which increases in ratio to the strength of the internal resources of the person living through them; but for us, hours, days, months spilled out sluggishly from the future into the past, always too slowly, a valueless and superfluous material, of which we sought to rid ourselves as soon as possible. ... For us, history had stopped.

It really seemed that Edek was answering the questions that Mendel was asking himself, that he read in the depths of Mendel's brain, in that secret bed where thoughts are born. But it itsn't so strange, Mendel thought; two good clocks mark the same hour, even if they are of different make. They only have to start together.

Car la nature humaine est ainsi faite, que les peines et les souffrances éprouvées simultanément ne s'additionnent pas totalement dans notre sensibilité, mais se dissimulent les unes derrière les autres par ordre de grandeur décroissante selon les lois bien connues de la perspective.

A good prospector, a serious one, who does not want to tell lies either to others or himself, should not trust in appearances, because this rock, which seems dead, is in fact full of deception: sometimes it changes its nature even while you're digging, likes certain snakes change color so you won't see them.

Chi per mestiere compra o vende si riconosce facilmente: ha l'occhio vigile e il volto teso, teme la frode o la medita, e sta in guardia come un gatto all'imbrunire. È un mestiere che tende a distruggere l'anima immortale; ci sono stati filosofi cortigiani, filosofi pulitori di lenti, perfino filosofi ingegneri e strateghi, ma nessun filosofo, che io sappia, era grossista o bottegaio.

Ay de quien sueña: el momento de conciencia que acompaña al despertar es el sufrimiento más agudo

No disagreement either from those of us who delight in American deep-dish pies and French tartes and prize the difference, who long for "authentic" foods, however vague we may be on what we mean by "authenticity." In the perceptive words of a great French chef, we eat more myths than calories. We eat, in sum, with our imagination.

But that didn't happen. Somehow, he was standing on solid ground that looked anything but solid.

Superman didn't become Superman. Superman was born Superman. When Superman wakes up in the morning, he's Superman. His alter ego is Clark Kent. Clark Kent is how Superman views us. And what are the characteristics of Clark Kent? He's weak... he's unsure of himself... he's a coward. Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race.

If a man acts in such a way as to create a belief that he is dead, he must put up with the consequences.

Rich kids—they can never admit they're rich.

Let us be moved, you and I, by the things themselves. Let us discover each other.

Any fool can see the limits of seeing, but not even the wisest know the limits of knowing. Thus is ignorance rendered invisible, and are all Men made fools.

When one believed, one´s soul moved. When one didn´t, everything else moved.

We belittle what we cannot bear. We make figments out of fundamentals, all in the name of preserving our own peculiar fancies. The best way to secure one's own deception is to accuse others of deceit.

Set aside your conviction," Moënghus said, "for the feeling of certainty is no more a marker of truth than the feeling of will is a marker of freedom. Deceived men always think themselves certain, just as they always think themselves free. This is simply what it means to be deceived.

And 'barbarity,' I fear, is simply a word for unfamiliarity that threatens.

To be ignorant and to be deceived are two different things. To be ignorant is to be a slave of the world. To be deceived is to be the slave of another man. The question will always be: Why, when all men are ignorant, and therefore already slaves, does this latter slavery sting us so? —AJENCIS, THE EPISTEMOLOGIES   But

Of course he could see only blackness, such was the treachery of fire, which iluminated small circles by darkening the entire world.