Quotes about Perception

We do not see God as he is in himself. We behold him in his works. We name him according to the manner in which he has revealed himself in his works. To see God face to face is for us impossible, at least here on earth. If, nevertheless, God wills that we should know him, he must needs descend to the level of the creature. He must needs accommodate himself to our limited, finite, human consciousness.

Revelation always supposes that man is able to receive impressions or thoughts or inclinations from another than this phenomenal world, and in a way other than that usually employed.

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.

There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.

Kings live in Palaces, and Pigs in sties, And youth in Expectation. Youth is wise.

We cannot live in a world interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a hope. Part of the terror is to take back our listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light.

You know, people make a lot of money talking about me, don't they?

The truth is that sometimes it is hard even for me to recognize the Hillary Clinton that other people see.

But if they called everything divine which they do not understand, why there would be no end of divine things!

Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.

Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle drugs.