Quotes about Perception
Whenever the world throws rose petals at you, which thrill and seduce the ego, beware.
— Anne Lamott
I learned that God was an equal opportunity employer—that it was possible to experience the divine anywhere you were, anywhere you could see the sun and moon rise or set, or burn through the fog.
— Anne Lamott
When humans experience something as powerful as a forest or a rainbow, it is not crazy to assign its existence to a Greater Intelligence.
— Anne Lamott
I like to think that Henry James said his classic line, A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost, while looking for his glasses, and that they were on top of his head.
— Anne Lamott
Are you willing to see what you are seeing, and to know what you know?
— Anne Lamott
You begin to notice all the props surrounding these people, and you begin to understand how props define us and comfort us, and show us what we value and what we need, and who we think we are.
— Anne Lamott
They taught me to pay attention, but not so much attention to my tiny princess mind.
— Anne Lamott
Every sound is by definition a stop, which is how we can hear it.
— Anne Lamott
A writer is someone on whom nothing is lost
— Anne Lamott
There is so much mercy around us and in us, so much available to us if we just have the eyes and intention to see it.
— Anne Lamott
God's love is not the same as human love. [Our] love...is fraught with conditions, delusion, and judgment.
— Anne Lamott
I think art is the ability to change people with your work, to see things as they are and then create stories, images, and interactions that change the marketplace.
— Seth Godin