Quotes about Perception

Be ugly, be God

But those who were young had no thought left for spring and those who still thought were not young any longer.

The walls are cracked and water runs upon them within threads without sound, black and glistening as blood.

Incredulity and indifference were her only reaction: incredulity, because she could not conceive of what would bring human beings to such a state —indifference, because she could not regard those who reached it, as human any longer.

A blind person could make a lifelong study of the eye, properties of light, the sight process and become a great expert in the field, but in another sense he would know nothing about sight. A person could know a great deal about God and yet not know God.

Both observer and observed are parts of the world that has an objective existence, and any distinction between them has no meaningful significance. In other words, if you see a herd of zebras fighting for a spot in the parking garage, it is because there really is a herd of zebras fighting for a spot in the parking garage.

According to some accounts, a journalist told Eddington in the early 1920s that he had heard there were only three people in the world who understood general relativity. Eddington paused, then replied, "I am trying to think who the third person is.")

Rabbits have white tails in order that it be easy for us to shoot them.

Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to observe it. Antiparticle:

model-dependent realism. It is based on the idea that our brains interpret the input from our sensory organs by making a model of the world. When such a model is successful at explaining events, we tend to attribute to it, and to the elements and concepts that constitute it, the quality of reality or absolute truth.

Don't promote negativity online and expect people to treat you with positivity in person.

Esteem intelligence, cherish knowledge, and value understanding, but trust wisdom.