Quotes about Perception

And here again we ought to observe that we are called to a knowledge of God: not that knowledge which, content with empty speculation, merely flits in the brain, but that which will be sound and fruitful if we duly perceive it, and if it takes root in the heart. For the Lord manifests himself by his powers, the force of which we feel within ourselves and the benefits of which we enjoy.

Those for whom prophetic doctrine is tasteless ought to be thought of as lacking taste buds.

In forming an estimate of sins, we are often imposed upon by imagining that the more hidden the less heinous they are.

Her pure, and eloquent bloodSpoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought,That one might almost say, her body thought.

And swearNo whereLives a woman true, and fair.

As he that fears God hears nothing else, so, he that sees God sees every thing else.

He must pull out his own eyes, and see no creature, before he can say, he sees no God; He must be no man, and quench his reasonable soul, before he can say to himself, there is no God.

Methinks I lied all winter, when I swore My love was infinite, if spring makes it more.

We can so easily deceive ourselves, mistaking the presence of physical bodies in a crowd for the existence of spiritual life in a community.

The way you see life will largely determine what you get out of it.

It is important early in life to acquire the power of reading sense wherever you happen to be.

The border between good and evil is terribly fuzzy.