Quotes about Perception

You could tell a lot about someone by listening to him talk about his enemies.

Often, the most dangerous deception was the one that looked the most like the truth.

I think the reason we sometimes have the false sense that God is so far away is because that is where we have put him. We have kept him at a distance, and then when we are in need and call on him in prayer, we wonder where he is. He is exactly where we left him.

Changes in language often reflect the changing values of a culture.

This society in which we live is radically changing. What previous generations saw as evil is now embraced as being good. It is a dangerous and slippery slope upon which we stand when we reject what Solomon called the beginning of wisdom - the fear of God.

Why do Canadians sell themselves short? I've never been able to answer that question.

As if one could know the good a person is capable of, when one doesn't know the bad he might do.

When people show you who they are, believe them. I carry that with me a lot. It has served me well.

Charles Manson ate apples. That doesn't mean I'm not going to.

'Accepting the Christ' is merely a shift in self-perception.

I think many times Christians don't really take the opportunity to hear what people are saying and seeing in the world around them.

People in Britain always think of 'Jesus Christ Superstar' as a musical - it wasn't.