Quotes about Perception

It was a great surprise to me when I discovered that most of the ugliness I saw in others, was but a reflection of my own nature.

Greatest public school system in the world. We have invested fabulous sums for fine buildings, we have provided convenient transportation for children living in the rural districts, so they may attend the best schools, but there is one astounding weakness to this marvelous system — it is free! One of the strange things about human beings is that they value only that which has a price.

It is not unreasonable to look forward to a time when we shall see without eyes, hear without ears and talk without tongues.

Through the aid of the sixth sense, you will be warned of impending dangers in time to avoid them, and notified of opportunities in time to embrace them.

One of the strange things about human beings is that they value only that which has a price.

Like most ministers, Peter was not the best judge of his own sermons. Almost invariably when he thought he had written one of his best, the rest of us did not rate it so highly. And, when on Saturday night he was bemoaning a terrible sermon, he could be pretty sure his congregation would think it terrific. How other people rated his sermons was a constant source of astonishment to him. That's what keeps me humble, he often said.

Over the years, there's been some cases where people did come up who said they were healed, but really they were not healed. I do believe it's possible for individuals to mentally convince themselves they are, but that does not deny the real healings. That doesn't dismiss the fact that a lot of people are really cured.

A lot of time, we get ourselves in trouble, especially people who have a microphone and start to talk about things we assume.

How could this Y2K be a problem in a country where we have Intel and Microsoft?

All of our problems start in our minds.

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you.

Early on, someone had told me, 'You know, the camera can always tell when you're lying.' And, Jesus, that intimidated me. 'The camera can always tell? How am I going to do this?' Until one day I thought, 'Wait a minute, acting is lying. Acting is all about lying.'