Quotes about Perception
A man's character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. You do it with a whole fleet and are called an emperor.
— St. Augustine
The concept of marriage must have been thought up by an unimaginative pig.
— Albert Einstein
Knowledge is realizing that the street is one way; wisdom is looking in both directions anyway.
— Albert Einstein
Information is not knowledge. The only source of knowledge is experience. You need experience to gain wisdom.
— Albert Einstein
Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.
— Paulo Coelho
It is only our bad temper that we put down to being tired or worried or hungry; we put our good temper down to ourselves.
— CS Lewis
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
— Albert Einstein
Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.
— Publilius Syrus
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
— William James
If you foolishly ignore beauty, then you will soon find yourself without it.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
you can measure the size of a person by what makes him or her angry
— Dale Carnegie