Quotes about Perception
It is commonly said: What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
To know much and taste nothing-of what use is that?
— St Bonaventure
What we are looking for is what is looking.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
Men think it lacking in humility and suppose that it is trying to teach those from whom it should learn, especially if the person in question is a woman.
— Teresa of Avila
The light of faith makes us see what we believe.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
— Tertullian
Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.
— Aristotle
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
— Pablo Picasso
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
— Tertullian
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