Perception Quotes

"There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses." "I don't mind being stereotyped as angry. In fact, it's a compliment." "If a victory is told in detail, one can no longer distinguish it from a defeat." "Like all dreamers, I mistook disenchantment for truth." "We can only have a coherent conception of reality—our conscious experience of it, that is—if we pay attention to its contents one by one, moment by moment" "The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision." "When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting." "Illusions are to the soul what atmosphere is to the earth." "A wise man told me don't argue with fools. Because people from a distance can't tell who is who" "I think my comedy is a bit misunderstood by fellow comedians. " "Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will." "What men call knowledge is the reasoned acceptance of false appearances" "To love beauty is to see light" "Ignorance is always preferable to delusion" "We study history not to know the future but to widen our horizons, to understand that our present situation is neither natural nor eternal, and that we consequently have many more possibilities before us than we imagine" "There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad" "The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant" "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored" "Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see." "People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy."