Quotes About Perception

The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.

The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.

Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.

for it is better that he says to you, “Come up here!” than that you should be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,

lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.

The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”

The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

If one blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted to him as a curse.

As water reflects the face, so the heart reflects the true man.

A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.

There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—

All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.

Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.

Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you.

Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.

He who watches the wind will fail to sow, and he who observes the clouds will fail to reap.

on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ëBe ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.í

“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,