Quotes about Perception
Do not forget that the value and interest of life is not so much to do conspicuous things . . . as to do ordinary things with the perception of their enormous value. PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN
— Philip Yancey
Legalism is a subtle danger because no one thinks of himself as a legalist. My own rules seem necessary; other people's rules seem excessively strict.
— Philip Yancey
do worry about the recent tendency for the labels "evangelical Christian" and "religious right" to become interchangeable. Increasingly Christians are perceived as rigid moralists who want to control others' lives.
— Philip Yancey
In The Gutenberg Elegies, Sven Birkerts laments the loss of "deep reading," which requires intense concentration, a conscious lowering of the gates of perception, and a slower pace.
— Philip Yancey
But that didn't happen. Somehow, he was standing on solid ground that looked anything but solid.
— Priscilla Shirer
Morally judging cultures (except Christian, Israeli and American cultures) is forbidden by the left. Indeed not judging non-Western cultures is the very definition of 'multiculturalism'.
— Dennis Prager
A rabbi challenged his followers one day: "Where does God exist?" Puzzled by what almost seemed to be a heretical question, they answered: "God exists everywhere." "No," the rabbi responded: "God exists wherever man lets Him in.
— Dennis Prager
The only happy people I know are people I don't know well.
— Dennis Prager
Human beings tend to much more quickly forget the good others have done for them than the bad others have done to them. That's human nature.
— Dennis Prager
People greatly value knowledge and intelligence, but not wisdom.
— Dennis Prager
The way to understand any enemy is to realize that, from his perspective, he is not a villain but a hero.
— Desmond Tutu
People would be surprised to see the real Sudha. I am gawky and not well dressed in my real life.
— Sudha Chandran