Quotes About Perception

It has seemed to me in fact that those who called me lucky were incomparably more fortunate than I.

Across from me four or five salarymen who all looked about the same age were just sitting there. They must have been around 30. I didn't like any of them. Their eyes were empty and dull. They had no vigor. But now, if I so much as grinned at them, I could very well be dragged off by one of these men, falling into the chasm of compulsory marriage. A mere smile can determine a woman's fate. It is frightening. Fascinatingly so. I have to be careful.

What the tanuki doesn't realize is that people who affect to believe all our nonsense often harbor evil and insidious plots in their hearts

On the other hand, I was equally afraid that they might not recognize my true self when they saw it, but imagine that it was just some new twist to my clowning-occasion for additional snickers.

Nunca conocí la sensación de hambre. Parece una expresión un poco rara, pero aunque tuviera hambre no me daba cuenta.

Even supposing I could deceive most human beings into respecting me, one of them would know the truth, and sooner or later other human beings would learn from him.

A vida humana está repleta desses exemplos, de seres humanos enganando uns aos outros sem sequer se magoar por isso, como se nem mesmo percebessem que estão se enganando mutuamente.

Eu sou um gato, de Soseki,

Some nights I saw these imbecile, lunatic prostitutes with the halo of Mary

What superficiality—and what stupidity—there is in trying to depict in a pretty manner things which one has thought pretty. The masters through their subjective perceptions created beauty out of trivialities. They did not hide their interest even in things which were nauseatingly ugly, but soaked themselves in the pleasure of depicting them. In other words, they seemed not to rely in the least on the misconceptions of others.

My surroundings are becoming as bright as I am. Until now, usually, haven't the places we appeared automatically become bright and splendid?

Ta??d??? yafta m?? E?lenceli bir deyi?. Yafta ta??yorsa daha az tehlikeli de?il mi ? Boynunda ç?ng?rak ta??yan bir kedi yavrusu gibi tatl? görünüyor. Yaftas?z sefahat, daha ürkütücü.

They did not hide their interest even in things which were nauseatingly ugly, but soaked themselves in the pleasure of depicting them. In other words, they seemed not to rely in the least on the misconceptions of others.

To fall for", "to be fallen for"- I feel in these words something unspeakably vulgar, farcical, and at the same time extraordinarily complacent.

Las personas se engañan unas a otras del modo más natural y, sorprendentemente, sin resultar lastimadas.

What superficiality- and what stupidity- there is in trying to depict in a pretty manner things which one has thought pretty. The masters through their subjective perceptions created beauty out of trivialities. They did not hide their interest on things which were nauseatingly ugly, but soaked themselves in the pleasure of depicting them. In other words, they seemed not to rely in the least on the misconceptions of others.

It seems that a physically weak man is of less value to society than even a lame horse.

The likable weeds and the not likable weeds looked exactly the same but were somehow clearly divided into those that seemed innocuous and those that seemed horrible. It didn't stand to reason. What a girl likes and what she hates seems rather arbitrary to me.

When I acted like a rich man, they started a rumor I was rich. When I feigned indifference, they classed me as the indifferent type. But when I inadvertently groaned because I was really in pain, they started the rumor that I was faking suffering.

Everyone kept saying that I was the ugliest boy in the family. And if they had known how fussy I was about clothes, they would surely have had a good laugh at my expense. I pretended not to care about my appearance, and this seemed to do the trick. I gave the impression of being dull and uncouth, no doubt about it. It was awful hearing them remark over and over how ugly I was.

Ah! Será que os seres humanos não entendem nada de seus próximos, veem os outros de forma completamente equivocada? E que, mesmo assim, sem se dar conta disso, elegem por toda a vida alguns como melhores amigos, e quando estes morrem, discursam aos prantos no seu funeral?

Women are of course superficial, but one cannot say that men are very clever either.

Even if their faces turn pale, what kind of proof would that be? And on the other hand if they laugh with no concern at all, that doesn't mean they're not guilty. We could of course judge the sharpness or dullness of their senses, but we can't judge their innocence.

In this world, the more superficial, the more you will surely be loved: