Quotes About Perception

Stillness does not mean the elimination of disturbances as much as a different way of viewing them.

Enlightenment does not mean getting rid of anything. It means changing one's frame of reference so that all things become enlightening.

Can you grasp your right fist with your right hand? Obviously not -- your hand can't grasp itself. But there's another, less obvious reason why you can't do it: As soon as you open your right hand to grasp something, you no longer have a right fist.

Loud noises, bright lights, the motion of a passing car, all made him swoon.

to discriminate between the real and artificial is the beginning of wisdom;

Reality changes words far more than words can ever change reality.

Barry's of a mind it's better to be silent and presumed a fool than to open your mouth and remove doubt altogether.

WILL'S RULES FOR LIVING #15: AN OPEN DOOR IS EITHER A GREETING OR A TRAP. BEST TO DECIDE WHICH BEFORE YOU ENTER.

Words lose their meaning when you look at them too long. 'God.' 'Science.' Meaning.

Scientific objectivity is one of our most deeply held, and crippling, illusions.

Beware the inveterate punster, Doyle, it's a sure sign of brewing mental disturbance.

Sometimes an owl is just an owl.

For instance, there is no light without darkness—and this troubles many of us—but without it, how else would we tell one from the other? We spend half of every day in darkness; surely we should make our peace with this.

Our minds are wired by nature to detect patterns.

Good literature is a mirror through which we see ourselves more clearly.

Knowing isn't understanding

Language is intrinsically political, as how we talk about something conditions how we think about it,

Maybe there's no such thing as the truth. Maybe it's all just a point of view,

even buying a user's manual—The Female Orgasm—and learned to his dismay that writing twenty-five thousand lines of code was cake compared to bringing a full-grown female to orgasm.

Perceiving is believing. Misperceiving is deceiving— And worse yet, prevents achieving.

happiness is actually more closely tied to how you perceive and emotionally react to the events and people around you. That's because people who perceive the world as positive or negative will react to it positively or negatively.

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way." —DORIS LESSING Ordinary

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way." —DORIS LESSING

When people go on the attack it's usually because they feel (rightly or wrongly) that they've been treated poorly. That's especially true if you're dealing with angry and frustrated customers. Often such people feel hurt in many areas of life but save their "road rage" for outbursts that they believe won't get them fired, divorced, or arrested—like kicking the dog or yelling at you.