No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.
Perception Quotes
People only see what they are prepared to see.
We do not see the lens through which we look.
What concerns me is not the way things are, but rather the way people think things are.
One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already in the mind.
If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is – infinite.
You have to choose where you look, and in making that choice you eliminate entire worlds.
It has always surprised me how little attention philosophers have paid to humor, since it is a more significant process of mind than reason. Reason can only sort out perceptions, but the humor process is involved in changing them.
‘Tis the perception of the beautiful, A fine extension of the faculties, Platonic, universal, wonderful, Drawn from the stars, and filtered through the skies, Without which life would be extremely dull.
For though we very truly hear that the kingdom of God will be filled with splendor, joy, happiness and glory, yet when these things are spoken of, they remain utterly remote from our perception, and as it were, wrapped in obscurities, until that day when he will reveal to us his glory, that we may […]
