Quotes about Perception

A rabbi challenged his followers one day: "Where does God exist?" Puzzled by what almost seemed to be a heretical question, they answered: "God exists everywhere." "No," the rabbi responded: "God exists wherever man lets Him in.

The only happy people I know are people I don't know well.

Human beings tend to much more quickly forget the good others have done for them than the bad others have done to them. That's human nature.

People greatly value knowledge and intelligence, but not wisdom.

The way to understand any enemy is to realize that, from his perspective, he is not a villain but a hero.

Women, you need to understand something. Men are not as dumb as you think they are.

If you'd have said Evangelical in 1957, most people wouldn't know what you were talking about. And then, they'd be against it.

Vision involves optimism and hope. The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.

According to that fundamental principle, language is truthful, not when the meaning attached to the words by the speaker, but when the meaning intended to be produced in the mind of the particular person addressed, is in accordance with the facts.

Eyes that look are common; eyes that see are rare. The

Criticized for including humor in a sermon, Charles Spurgeon, eye twinkling, said: "If only you knew how much I hold back, you would commend me." Later

The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it.