Quotes About Interpretation

If you think the tea is dirty, it is dirty. If you think it is clean, it is clean.' He said, 'You're right. I will drink the tea.'" (Laughter.)

Like all religious people, Christians repress, remember, and retell their core stories selectively. They emphasize this episode at the expense of that episode, in keeping with their own biases and the preoccupations of their times.

Where we stand depends on where we sit. Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are—or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms. When other people disagree with us, we immediately think something is wrong with them.

We must look at the lens through we see the world, as well as the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.

Is it logical that two people can disagree and that both can be right? It's not logical: it's psychological. And it's very real.

As clearly and objectively as we think we see things, we begin to realize that others see them differently from their own apparently equally clear and objective point of view. "Where we stand depends on where we sit.

two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological.

Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are—or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.

Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are—or, as we are conditioned to see it. When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves

Simple way to understand paradigms is to see them as maps.

Maps of the way things are or realities and maps of the way things should be, or values… we're usually even unaware that we have them. We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be.

dos personas pueden mirar lo mismo, disentir, y sin embargo estar ambas en lo cierto. No se trata de lógica, sino de psicología.

When we open our mouths to describe what we see, we in effect describe ourselves, our perceptions, our paradigms.

He passed them out to the class, the picture of the young woman to one side of the room and the picture of the old woman to the other.

We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be.

We see the world, not as it is, but as we are—or, as we are conditioned to see it.

In the words of Abraham Maslow, "He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail." This is another factor that affects the "young lady/old lady" perception difference. Right brain and left brain people tend to look at things in different ways.

Is it logical that two people can disagree and that both can be right? It's not logical: it's psychological. And it's very real.

We create many negative situations by simply assuming that our expectations are self-evident and that they are clearly understood and shared by other people.

Our perceptions can be vastly different. And yet we both have lived with our paradigms for years, thinking they are "facts," and questioning the character or the mental competence of anyone who can't "see the facts.

It taught me that we must look at the lens through which we see the world, as well as at the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the

It taught me that we must look at the lens through which we see the world, as well as at the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.

Pygmalion effect," and to a realization of how deeply embedded our perceptions are. It taught me that we must look at the lens through which we see the world, as well as at the world we see, and that the lens itself shapes how we interpret the world.

How many times have you made assumptions similar to the store manager's? It's easy to do, because we all see things in different ways. We all have different paradigms or frames of reference—like eyeglasses through which we see the world. We see the world not as it is, but as we are—or sometimes as we are conditioned to see it.