perception Quotes

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful.

In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances.

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

People's personalities, like buildings, have various facades, some pleasant to view, some not.

Why can we remember the tiniest detail that has happened to us, and not remember how many times we have told it to the same person.

How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?