Quotes about Perception

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

When we treat people merely as they are, they will remain as they are. When we treat them as if they were what they should be, they will become what they should be.

The eye is for both seeing and weeping. Sin must first be seen before it can be wept for.

This light does that which no other light can. It makes a man perceive himself to be blind.

A carnal person can no more value spiritual blessings than a baby can value a diamond necklace.

I have noticed that no other group of people in the United States truly loves America as a whole like white people do.

Time is numbered only to man.

There is still the feeling that women's writing is a lesser class of writing, that what goes on in the nursery or the bedroom is not as important as what goes on in the battlefield, that what women know about is a less category of knowledge.

I wanted to hear sounds of everyday objects - even musical instruments - as things.

Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.

The world in which you live is not primarily determined by outward conditions and circumstances but by the thoughts that habitually occupy your mind.

No man is happy who does not think himself so.