Quotes about Perception
He who cannot see the truth for himself, nor, hearing it from others, store it away in his mind, that man is utterly worthless.
— Aristotle
Truth could never be wholly contained in words. All of us know it: At the same moment the mouth is speaking one thing, the heart is saying another.
— Catherine Marshall
The longer we view ourselves through a distorted lens, the more likely we are to believe a distorted truth.
— Craig Groeschel
The amount of truth a relationship can handle is proportional to the amount of perceived love that's present.
— Henry Cloud
The worlds of Truth (love) and illusion (fear) are like parallel universes; with every thought we make a choice which one to inhabit
— Marianne Williamson
There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood bu those who hear it.
— William James
Truth and reality in art do not arise until you no longer understand what you are doing and are capable of but nevertheless sense a power that grows in proportion to your resistance.
— Henri Matisse
An ingenious web of probabilities is the surest screen a wise man can place between himself and the truth.
— George Eliot
In all perception of the truth there is a divine ecstasy, an inexpressible delirium of joy, as when a youth embraces his betrothed virgin.
— Henry David Thoreau
Like" and "like" and "like"--but what is the thing that lies beneath the semblance of the thing?
— Virginia Woolf
If the mind is open the individual will soon perceive the preciousness of a truth which initially appeared rather dull to him but now is illumined by the spirit's light.
— Watchman Nee
Because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true; nor because it is uttered with stammering lips should it be supposed false.
— St. Augustine