Quotes About Perception

Solo un necio desconfía de lo que ve con sus propios ojos.

So when I meet a woman, I should simply say, 'You are beautiful?'" Tempi shook his head. "No. You would say simply 'beautiful,' and let the woman decide the rest of what you mean.

You looked too hard and didn't see enough. Too much looking can get in the way of seeing, you see?

The answer is that each of us has two minds: a waking mind and a sleeping mind. Our waking mind is what talks and reasons. But the sleeping mind is more powerful. It sees deeply to the heart of things, It is the part of us that dreams. It remembers everything. it gives us intuition. Your waking mind does not understand the nature of names. Your sleeping kind does. It already knows many things your waking mind does not.

Things are more easily seen from edges. Danger rouses the sleeping mind. It makes some things clear.

He had an easy manner and an honest smile. He seemed an earnest man. I did not like him.

Todos tenemos dos mentes: una mente despierta y otra mente dormida. Nuestra mente despierta es la que piensa, habla y razona. Pero la mente dormida es más poderosa. Ella ve en lo más profundo de las cosas. Es la parte de nosotros que sueña. Lo recuerda todo. Nos proporciona intuición. Tu mente despierta no entiende la naturaleza de los nombres. Pero tu mente dormida sí. Ella sabe muchas cosas que tu mente despierta ignora.

the best way to stay safe is to make your enemies think you can't be hurt.

This meant in terms of social standing the baronet was so high above me that if he were a star, I would not be able to see him with the naked eye.

Sometimes finding nothing can be finding something.

I thought I might be a little crazy." "You still might be," she said. "I'm not a good touchstone to use for judging your sanity." "Do you feel crazy?" She shook her head, a half smile curling the corner of her mouth. "No. How about you?" "Not particularly." "That's either good or bad, depending," she said. "How do you propose we go about solving the mystery of the ages?

Todos nos convertimos en lo que fingimos ser.

Demasiada verdad tergiversa los hechos. Demasiada sinceridad te hace parecer falso

No. No es lo mismo la verdad que lo que desearíamos que fuera verdad.

Es música mágica? -preguntó con los ojos como platos. Volví a reír. -Hay gente que lo cree.

Y sí, sabia que ella no tenía razón. Sabía que todo estaba escorado. Sabía que su cabeza estaba desbaratada. Sabía que no era auténtica por dentro. Lo sabía.

Never fool yourself into perceiving things that don't exist.

Abenthy gave me an appraising look. I'd been waiting for it. It was the look that said, "You don't sound as young as you look." I hoped he'd come to grips with it fairly soon. It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.

In my defense, I could have dispensed with the truth entirely and told a much better story. Lies are simpler, and most of the time they make better sense. Losi

Reputation is like a sort of armor, or a weapon you can brandish, if need be".

Hay dos cosas que debéis recordar. La primera es que nuestros nombres nos dan forma, y que nosotros damos forma a nuestros nombres.

I envied its innocence, its lack of care. Besides, too much sweetness cloys me. As does willful ignorance.

You've got sort of a wider view.

Hespe's eyes were dangerous slits by this point. But even more telling was her mouth, which had formed a thin, straight line. A word of advice to you. Should you ever see that look on a woman's face, leave off talking at once and sit on both your hands.