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    To begin with, our perception of the world is deformed, incomplete. Then our memory is selective. Finally, writing transforms.

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Preconcieved notions are the locks on the door to wisdom. -Merry Browne.

Preconcieved notions are the locks on the door to wisdom. -Merry Browne.

by Merry Browne Found in: Perception Quotes,
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The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust.

The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust.

by Marcel Proust Found in: Perception Quotes,
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As men of inward light are wont
To turn their optics in upon't.

As men of inward light are wont
To turn their optics in upon't.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Perception Quotes,
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Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

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It is one of the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also read more

It is one of the commonest of mistakes to consider that the limit of our power of perception is also the limit of all there is to perceive.

by C. W. Leadbeater Found in: Perception Quotes,
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The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. -Henri Bergson.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend. -Henri Bergson.

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We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. -Anais Nin.

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. -Anais Nin.

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Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. -George Bernard Shaw.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. -George Bernard Shaw.

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The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the read more

The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves. -Kahlil Gilbran.

by Kahlil Gilbran Found in: Perception Quotes,
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