Quotes About Perception

Everyone can sing. Some better than others. I fall into the 'others' category.

Meadow didn't know whether to be amused or disgusted by the woman's shameless opportunism.

On the contrary. Babies are the best judges of character.

Though the 'Thou' is not an 'It', it is also not "another 'I'". He who treats a person as "another 'I'" does not really see that person but only a projected image of himself. Such a relation, despite the warmest "personal" feeling is really 'I'-'It'.

To name the cat is, if you like, to make it into a non-cat, a cat that has ceased to exist, has ceased to be a living cat, but this does not mean one is making it into a dog, or even a non-dog.

He would never know what he knew. That was loneliness.

One's thinking about me makes me feel this self; one's not thinking about me leaves me in this self that exceeds me."-"At least disappear in this thought.

He sensed that this thought was not actually common to them, but rather that they would be in common only in this thought.

On voit que Marcel Bealu se sert des images du sommeil pour nous mettre aux prises avec le sentiment d'énigme qui est pour quelques-uns le sentiment fondamental de l'existence. (p. 594)

Mis kõige enam lugemist ohustab, on see: lugeja reaalsus, tema isiksus, pretensioonikus ja põikpäisus loetu ees aina iseendaks jääda - inimeseks, kes üldiselt teab, kuidas lugeda. Lugeda luuletust ei tähenda lugeda lihtsalt järjekordset luuletust, see ei tähenda isegi sisenemist luule olemusse selle luuletuse kaudu. Luuletuse lugemine on see luuletus ise, mis ennast lugemises kinnitab.

How long this lasted I can't imagine, it wasn't an imaginary time, it also didn't belong to the time  of things that happen.

The final delusion is the belief that one has lost all delusion.

The final delusion is the belief that one has lost all delusions.

Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.

How is it possible? Already another year gone by? How could it go so quickly!' Perhaps it is because one takes up too many moments remembering, reliving times past.

Man is like a blind person who denies the existence of light because he doesn't see it. Light is a great mystery, for the blind!

El hombre se asemeja a un ciego que niega la luz porque no la ve. ¡La luz es un hondo misterio para el ciego!

Les hommes de nature infidèle, si infatués qu'ils paraissent, sont souvent assez modestes en amour, parce qu'ils imaginent les autres d'après eux-mêmes. (Le roi de fer, partie 3, ch. 7, p. 328)

Es error común de los humanos creer que el prójimo concede a su persona tanta importancia como cada uno se da a sí mismo; los demás, a no ser que tengan interés particular en el recuerdo, olvidan rápidamente lo que nos ha ocurrido, y si no lo han olvidado, su recuerdo no tiene la firmeza que imaginamos.

We are all apt to fall into the error of assuming that other people think we are as important as we do ourselves; but unless there is some particular reason for their remembering it, others forget what has happened to us very quickly; and, even if they have not forgotten, their memories attach much less weight to it than we are inclined to believe.

Power, without the consent of those over whom it is exercised, is a fraud that cannot long endure, a delicate balance between fear and rebellion, which may suddenly be overset when enough men become aware that they all think alike.

El corazón le pesaba dentro del pecho y ni siquiera notaba cómo la cera goteaba en su mano.

No one knew me until I met my wife Lulu. Lulu's mother used to ask, Which one is Maurice? For six months she thought Lulu was dating Barry.

I think we have to act like stars because it is expected of us. So we drive our big cars and live in our smart houses.