Quotes about Perception
Man needs to know but little more than a lobster in order to catch him in his traps.
— Henry David Thoreau
I do not know at first what it is that harms me. The men and things of to-day are wont to be fairer and truer in to-morrow's memory.
— Henry David Thoreau
We not only live among men, but there are airy hosts, blessed spectators, sympathetic lookers-on, that see and know and appreciate our thoughts and feelings and acts.
— Henry Ward Beecher
If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Change What You're Saying and You'll Change What You're Seeing
— Terri Savelle Foy
The nature of rumor is known to all.
— Tertullian
Against Him those women sin who torment their skin with potions, stain their cheeks with rouge and extend the line of their eyes with black coloring. Doubtless they are dissatisfied with God's plastic skill. In their own persons they convict and censure the Artificer of all things.
— Tertullian
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
— Tertullian
You say we worship the sun; so do you.
— Tertullian
Truth and the hatred of truth come into our world together. As soon as truth appears, it is regarded as an enemy.
— Tertullian
If my little acts of virtue can be mistaken for imperfections, imperfections can just as easily be mistaken for virtue.
— St. Therese of Lisieux