Quotes about Perception

The dignity of movement of an ice-berg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.

Where do the noses go? I always wondered where the noses would go.

It is not basically a question of the size in repose, I said. It is the size that it becomes. It is also a question of angle.

he had always had a great tolerance which seemed the nicest thing about him if it were not the most sinister. All

Can you imagine anyone making wine because it tastes like strawberries?

Don't think about that either. If you don't think about it, it doesn't exist. The hell it doesn't. But that's the system I'm going on, he thought.

There is no reason why because it is dark you should look at things differently from when it is light. The hell there isn't! I

But the world they were in was not the world he was in.

The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water'.

When people talk, listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe. You should be able to go into a room and when you come out, know everything that you saw there and not only that. If that room gave you any feeling you should know exactly what it was that gave you that feeling. Try that for practice.

All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened.

Look with your heart and not with your eyes. The heart understands. The heart never lies. Believe what it feels, and trust what it shows. Look with your heart; the heart always knows. Love is not always beautiful, not at the start. But open your arms, and close your eyes tight. Look with your heart and when it finds love, your heart will be right.