Quotes about Perception

There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.

A fogged brain puts everyone in danger.

Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.

Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.

Human love constructs its own image of the other person, of what he is and what he should become. It takes the life of the other person into its own hands. Spiritual love recognizes the true image of the other person which he has received from Jesus Christ; the image that Jesus Christ himself embodied and would stamp upon all men. Therefore

The wise man is the one who sees reality as it is, and who sees into the depths of things. That is why only that man is wise who sees reality in God. To understand reality is not the same as to know about outward events. It is to perceive the essential nature of things. The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential.

Perception, knowledge, and truth without love are nothing. They are not truth, for truth is God, and God is love. Therefore, truth without love is a lie.

Without God, all seeing and perceiving of things and laws become abstraction, a separation from both origin and goal.

When God opens our eyes for his word, we see into a world of miracles.

When someone calls another individual ugly, all I see is that the one doing the insulting becomes instantly less beautiful. Consider it a compliment to be mocked for being different.

When someone shows you their true colors, believe them.

I don't know what the big deal is about old age. Old people who shine from the inside look 10 to 20 years younger.