Quotes About Perception

Ihm gefiel nicht das, was er las, sondern eher das Lesen an sich, oder besser gesagt, der Prozess des Lesens selbst, wo sich da doch immerzu aus den Buchstaben irgendein Wort ergibt, das manchmal weiß der Teufel was bedeutet. Dieses Lesen wurde gemeinhin im Vorraum auf dem Bett im liegenden Zustand vollzogen, auf der Matratze, die infolge dieses Umstands so hart und fest wie ein Fladen geworden war.

Solokha nodded to everyone, and everyone thought she was nodding to him alone.

How, in fact, could a nose, which only yesterday was in the middle of his face, and which could not possibly walk around or drive in a carriage, suddenly turn up in a uniform!

His whole face tended towards the nose — it was what, in common parlance, is known as a "pitcher-mug.

I jadni mladi? zaklanjao bi lice rukama i ko zna koliko bi puta u svome životu poslije toga uzdrhtao, vide?i koliko je mnogo okrutne grubosti sakriveno u prefinjenim i ugla?enim ljudima i, bože, ?ak i u onom ?ovjeku koga društvo smatra plemenitim i ?estitim...

As?l her ?eyden azar azar anlayan ak?ldanelerden korkmal? insan. Herkes kendi i?ini yaps?n, yeter. Benim gözümde bilmedi?ini aç?kça söyleyen insan, bilmedi?ini biliyormu? gibi görünen ve her ?eyi a?z?na yüzüne bula?t?ran ikiyüzlüden daha de?erlidir.

Dar în?elept este cel c?ruia nu-i repugn? nici un caracter ?i, ?intuindu-l cu privirea scrut?toare, ajunge s?-l cunoasc? pân? la origine.

Don't blame the mirror if your mug's askew. —Popular saying

Chi racchiude in sè del talento deve aver l'anima più pura di ogni altro. A un altro molto si perdona, ma a lui non si perdonerà. A chi è uscito di casa con un chiaro abito festivo basta una sola macchia di fango schizzata da una ruota perché tutta la gente lo circondi e lo segni a dito e parli della sua sporcizia, mentre la stessa gente non nota le molte macchie sui molti passanti vestiti di abiti quotidiani. Perché sugli abiti di tutti i giorni non si notano le macchie.

Per lui non v'è soggetto spregevole nella natura. Nell'insignificante l'artista creatore è grande come nell'eccelso; la cosa più bassa per lui non è bassa, perché invisibilmente trapela in essa l'anima meravigliosa di chi crea, e la cosa bassa viene così sublimamente espressa, perché passa attraverso il purgatorio della sua anima.

Com'è ripugnante la realtà! Che cosa è in confronto al sogno?

By watching him, one could verify the truthfulness of Francis Bacon's statement about people who, thanks to their inclination toward philosophy, became veritable owls who could only see in the darkness of their own conclusion and remained blind in the light of reality, particularly when it came to seeing the obvious.

A vida, porém, é tão boa, e tanto se quer viver, e a vida tanto nos seduz que chega a girar e girar algo diante de nossos olhos...

The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.

But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all.

I don't believe there is any such definition, there is no such thing as evil, only moral judgments based on what society believes to be wrong behavior.

Maybe you're right, boss. It all depends on the way you look at it. Look, one day I had gone to a little village. An old grandfather of ninety was busy planting an almond tree. 'What, grandad' I exclaimed. 'Planting an almond tree' and he, bent as he was, turned round and said, 'My son, I carry on as if I should never die.' I replied, 'And I carry on as if I was going to die any minute.' Which of us was right, boss

God changes his appearance every second. Blessed is the man who can recognize him in all his disguises.

Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

Once, I saw a bee drown in honey, and I understood.

If a company's reputation-building efforts appear to be somehow separate from its business model, then you suspect they are primarily a corrective to its naturally amoral or immoral inclinations—a medicine to relieve the symptoms but not a cure for the basic disease.

A cat is an ordinary pet in the sight of those who don't know what it takes.

Don't expect the LOVE hidden in a LOFT to be soft like a LOAF.

Trying to look through someone's life is an equivalent of looking at the mirror. You see nothing but the reflected image of yourself