Quotes About Perception

No podías sembrar el sueño en el mundo, porque el propio mundo era un sueño.

Ca È™i sexul, ca È™i drogurile, ca toate manipul?rile minÈ›ii noastre ce-ar vrea s? sparg? odat? È›easta È™i s? ias? la larg, literatura e o maÈ™in? de produs mai întâi beatitudine, apoi dezam?gire.

Tr?im într-o puÈ™c?rie fermec?toare, nu mai puÈ›in magic? decât orice ne putem închipui.

Es tan extraño tener un cuerpo, existir en un cuerpo...

Cumplit era c?, dup? cum mergeau vorbele, vechiul refugiu al celor asediaÈ›i de r?u: divinitatea, binele È™i viaÈ›a moral?, se aliase pentru întâia oar? cu tenebrele, pentru a-nf??ura lumea în inextricabila pânz? de p?ianjen a nici binelui, nici r?ului, nici extazului, nici groazei, nici a tuturor laolalt?, nici a vidurilor, ci a Altceva, ceva inuman, nediavolesc È™i nedivin, de neperceput cu mintea È™i de neatins cu degetele.

caci abia acum se vadea ceea ce toti presimtisera intr-un moment sau altul al vietii lor: ca realitatea e doar un caz particular al irealului, si ca suntem totii, oricat de concreti ne-am simti, doar fictiunea cine stie carei alte lumi, ce ne creeaza si ne cuprinde ...

C?ut?m prosteÈ™te, c?ut?m în locuri în care nu e nimic de g?sit, ca p?ianjenii ce-È™i È›es plasa în s?li de baie în care nicio musc?, niciun È›ânÈ›ar nu poate p?trunde.

We ought to have a sensory organ that can tell sign from coincidence.

Am mai v?zut fotografii de-ale ei de cînd era doar o adolescent?. Toate mi s-au p?rut cu neputin?? de suportat, ca ÅŸi cînd ai vrea s? Å£ii mîna pe un fier înroÅŸit. Nici nu ÅŸtia c? exiÅŸti cînd ÅŸi le-a f?cut, iar faptul c? ai pierdut momente atît de preÅ£ioase din viaÅ£a ei c? a risipit atîta emoÅ£ie pentru altcineva decît pentru tine, chiar dac? pentru nimeni, este de neînÅ£eles, de netr?it.

Ce oameni excepÅ£ionali trec pe lâng? noi, anonimi, ÅŸi noi admir?m prosteÅŸte atâÅ£ia neghiobi, numai pentru c? au vorbit de ei presa ÅŸi "opinia public?", numai pentru c? le-a popularizat numele politica ÅŸi literatura.

S-ar putea întâmpla fel de fel de miracole, continuase el f?r? s-o priveasc?. Dar trebuie s? te înveÅ£e cineva cum s? le priveÅŸti, ca s? ÅŸtii c? sunt miracole. Altminteri, nici m?car nu le vezi. Treci pe lâng? ele ÅŸi nu ÅŸtii c? sunt miracole. Nu le vezi...

Light does not come from light, but from darkness.

French women typically think about good things to eat. American women typically worry about bad things to eat.

For many, the twenties seem like the time of infinite possibility, although in retrospect a woman will almost always idealize her thirties.

I am all for comfort, but does comfort mean loss of attractiveness or identity

One must learn, if one is to see the beauty in Japan, to like an extraordinarily restrained and delicate loveliness.

Lo, there is much hatred in the streets, The wise says, "Yes," the fool says, "No," The ignorant is satisfied.

Princes in the workhouse, He who did not sleep on a box owns a bed. See, the man of wealth lies thirsting. He who begged dregs has overflowing bowls. See, those who owned robes are in rags, He who did not weave for himself owns fine linen. See, he who did not build a boat for himself owns ships, Their owner looks at them: they are not his.

A man who saw has turned blind, A hearer deaf, A leader now leads astray!

Let the eyes see, let the heart take notice. Be not harsh in your power, lest trouble befall you. Pass over a matter, it becomes two. He who eats tastes; one addressed answers. It is the sleeper who sees the dream; and a judge who deserves punishment is a model for the (evil) doer.

The robber owns riches, [the noble] is a thief.

Truly, he who is yonder will be a wise man.

And why is our music called world music? I think people are being polite. What they want to say is that it's third world music. Like they use to call us under developed countries, now it has changed to developing countries, it's much more polite.

Things shouldn't hinge on so very little. Sneeze and you're highway carnage. Remove one tiny stone and you're an avalanche statistic. But I guess if you can die without ever understanding how it happened then you can also live without a complete understanding of how. And in a way that's kind of relaxing.