Quotes Tagged "perceptions"

We are happy when people/things conform and unhappy when they don't. People and events don't disappoint us, our models of reality do. It is my model of reality that determines my happiness or disappointments.

Poetry excites innate emotions and perceptions that let you create a new world where you have never visited and no one else can enter.

Close your eyes to see the light of your love. It is what is enlightening the whole world. You don’t see things with your eyes. You see them through your perceptions, emotions, and imaginations.

Often, we are not courageous enough to tell the truth because we fear societal prejudices and perceptions.

I could now see her the way she actually is and not in the distorted way my mind presented her to me when I was trying to find a reason to reject her and move on

There are hundreds of paths to enlightenment out there. If we imagine that enlightenment is a mountain and the goal is to reach the top for the grandest viewpoint, we can also acknowledge that there are many routes up the mountain. While some routes might be more direct than others, every route experiences a different side or view of the mountain—or enlightenment.

The perceptions of middle age have their own luminosity.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.