#perception

It’s probably unfair to expect the world at large, or even most people, to see us for all we are. It is essential, however, that we see ourselves for all we are. (413) ↗

— Victoria Moran

#perception #self-awareness #self-esteem #self-awareness

Here in this body are the sacred rivers: here are the sun and moon as well as all the pilgrimage places... I have not encountered another temple as blissful as my own body. ↗

— Saraha

#mysticism #object #perception #saraha #subject

Smartass Disciple: But, you said that it's the truth?? Master of Stupidity: O Yes. That is yesterday's truth. ↗

— Toba Beta

#master-of-stupidity #perception #smart-ass-disciple #truth #life

There are many things which can not be expressed by words. There are many words which can not be spelled by human tongue. There are many tongues which utter one single truth. ↗

— Toba Beta

#human #life #perception #tongue #truth

Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different. Life would undergo a change of appearance because we ourselves had undergone a change of attitude. ↗

— Katherine Mansfield

#self-perception #attitude

Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns, whether they exist or not. ↗

— Michael Shermer

#perceptions #storytelling #perception

look at everything as though you are seeing it either for the first or last time, then your time on earth will be filled with glory ↗

— Betty Smith

#perception

Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#daughters #expectations #fathers #ideals #perception

When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.. ↗

— Thomas Stephen Szasz

#seriousness #perception

Most of us go through each day looking for what we saw yesterday And, not surprisingly, that is what we find. ↗

— James A. Kitchens

#perception #reality #perception