But things change, people change – as do perceptions of people, and now I answer in a language that I hope my teenage self will understand.

Reality depends a great deal upon one believing what he sees—or seeing what he believes. Either way.

Opportunities can become obstacles, same way obstacles can become opportunities; it all depends on how they are being interpreted by the mind of a person.

I’m a struggling writer, I’m struggling to convince people I’m a writer.

There are no barriers to poetry or prophecy; by their nature they are barrier-breakers, bursts of perceptions, lines into infinity. If the poet lies about his vision he lies about himself and in himself; this...

What breaks you down is not the amount of pressure you feel at one time, but it’s the way you perceive and handle it.

Reality is a background so painted over by our own perceptions that every eye sees the world differently.

Education is a chemical reaction between knowledge and the mind; the byproducts are new thoughts, new ideas, new perceptions, and new feelings.

Every culture has its southerners — people who work as little as they can, preferring to dance, drink, sing brawl, kill their unfaithful spouses; who have livelier gestures, more lustrous eyes, more colorful garments, more...

I mulled over the implications and decided not to waste my time worrying about what everyone else thought, or to bother attempting to change their perceptions. My time at the Keep was just a stopover....

Two people don’t see same event as opportunity. When one see it a problem; other look to capitalize it for optimum benefit

We wait for the rains to cease, the clouds to part, and the sun to shine before saying life is good. Ironically, it is because we endure the storms that life seems so wonderfully bright...

Happiness depends on our perceptions and thoughts.

Are you listening, Jasper? Sometimes you’ll be walking in the city late at night, and a woman walking in front of you will spin her head around and then cross the street simply because some...

If Isabelle Reagan can take a guy like me and turn him into someone worthy of respect then it’s mind blowing to think what she can do for the rest of the world. What we...

Magic is always there. Sometimes it just takes an artist to find it and show the rest of us where to look.

There is no such thing as lack of love. There is only plenty of fear,which clouds our perceptions.

Knows everything and at the same time he knows nothing.” [narrator]It was my first inkling that he was a writer. And while I like writers—because if you ask a writer anything you usually get an...

We don’t yet have a body of scientific knowledge about evil to be called a facet of psychology. Therefore, religious reasoning for actions will always be at the discretion of the psychologist, thus making them...

In spite of her desire for a contained universe, her life felt scattered, full of many small moments, without great purpose. That is what she thought, though what is most untrustworthy about our natures and...

As humans, reality for us is largely based on other people’s perceptions. If there’s 20 bodies in your crawl space but you haven’t been caught yet, you tell yourself you’re still a birthday clown, and...

Although others can devalue who we are and what we do it is entirely up to us, whether we accept or reject it. Whenever we disagree with the offered opinion we can thank for it...

… to be forceful was not the same as being powerful and to be gentle was not the same as being fragile…

When someone says “I Love You,” it is imperative that you know if you are loved for “WHAT you are” or “WHO you are.” When the academic qualifications, professionals, positions, possessions, good look, fat bank...

Once we recognize the fact that every individual is a treasury of hidden and unsuspected qualities, our lives become richer, our judgment better, and our world is more right. It is not love that is...

Minutes turn into hours that add up to days amounting to weeks that become months melting into yearsaccumulating for decadesto pile up for centuriesand ultimately form minutes again―just on a grander, divine scale.

Doubt is a disease that infects the mind creating a mistrust of peoples motives and ones own perceptions. Doubt has the ability to call into questions everything you ever believed about someone and reinforce the...

Humans are pattern-seeking story-telling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns, whether they exist or not.

Before the details of the collision start to fade in any human beings’ mind with time, we want to see if we can capture their memories while they are still fresh, and get their understanding...

Speak up, stand up, and keep correcting the false perceptions. Stay true to your heart’s views and keep chanting for peace and justice.

Truth is a battle of perceptions. People only see what they’re prepared to confront. It’s not what you look at that matters, but what you see. And when then different perceptions battle against one another,...

Do you think he’s the murderer?””It’s worse than that — he’s an actor!

Despite the restrictions, we are safe within (the Box). But – and here is the problem – once we identify something more, that awareness irrevocably changes our perceptions of the Box.

The world we see is a painting colored by our fears and desires.

The thought of being whoever I want is a terrifying thing, because I have only ever been who everyone has wanted me to be.

Morris Weissman [on the phone, discussing casting for his movie]: “What about Claudette Colbert? She’s British, isn’t she? She sounds British. Is she, like, affected or is she British?

Chromatacia…society…ruled by a colortocracy…social hierarchy based upon one’s limited color perception, society is dominated by color. In this world, you are what you can see.

Don’t underestimate the power of being underestimated.

Perception does not define who we are, but it does define where we are limited, and where we are not yet free.

Unless there is a strong sense of place there is no travel writing, but it need not come from topographical description; dialogue can also convey a sense of place. Even so, I insist, the traveler...

In most cases, failure is not determined by the obstacles we face, but by how we approach them and what our perceptions whisper to when on encountering eventualities.

Those who do not succeed do not believe in their ability to exercise the potential power to forge beyond perceptions of limitations.

Causing any damage or harm to one party in order to help another party is not justice, and likewise, attacking all feminine conduct [in order to warn men away from individual women who are deceitful]...

There’s only room for one hero in this story-and everyone knows the devil doesn’t get to be the good guy.

Create an opportunity for change to have way in your attitude and lifestyle. Sometimes, it not us, but our perceptions scare away change!

The energy you bring, positive or negative, dictates your perceptions, receptions and radiations.

Maybe the reason faith is called faith is because seeing doesn’t lead to belief, but belief transforms the way we see.