Quotes about Perception

The formula "two and two make five" is not without its attractions.

The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.

There is a road from the eye to heart that does not go through the intellect.

It isn't that they can't see the solution, it's that they can't see the problem.

There's a lot of difference between listening and hearing.

It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.

Journalism largely consists in saying "Lord Jones is dead" to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive.

The word "good" has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.

I bought into the lie," she said, "that because Darin has a strong, masculine personality he must be the manipulator and I must be the victim. God showed me that it was really more the other way around. By withholding affection, respect, and communication, I often played the role of the manipulator.

In a mixed egalitarian/complimentarian marriage, both the husband and wife will likely treat each other according to their perceived sense of marital duties, but those duties won't be received as such. They'll be resented....people who disagree on this issue can still worship the same God, but it will be difficult for them to raise the same kids or operate the same household.

It wasn't easy. In junior high, I was voted "most polite," and it took some time for me to realize that being perceived as a "nice guy" and being a faithful Christian don't always go hand in hand.