“Perception not only defines existence but it creates existence. It gives it form. Without perception there is no existence.” GivingFormExistenceAwarenessBuddhismPerception Author:Frederick Lenz
“There have been people who have categorized the bands of perception in different yogic systems. It gives them pleasure to create names and orders and to make catalogs. Human beings like that.” PeopleGivingHumansHas BeensDifferentOrderNamesHuman BeingsPleasureAwarenessBuddhismBandPerception Author:Frederick Lenz
“It's not that you get a cliché and then wiggle it about or use synonyms. You don't take an ordinary decorative paragraph and give it style. What you're trying to do is be faithful to your perceptions and transmit them as faithfully as you can. I say these sentences until they sound right. There's no objective reason why they're right. They just sound right to me.” GivingWritingTryingReasonUseSoundStylePerceptionOrdinarySentencesObjectivesReason WhyFaithfulParagraphTransmitBeing FaithfulSynonym Author:Martin Amis
“It is the business of thought to define things, to find the boundaries; thought, indeed, is a ceaseless process of definition. It is the business of Art to give things shape. Anyone who takes no delight in the firm outline of an object, or in its essential character, has no artistic sense. He cannot even be nourished by Art. Like Ephraim, he feeds upon the East wind, which has no boundaries.” GivingArtCharacterProcessObjectsWindShapesEssentialsPerceptionDefinitionsDelightEastBoundariesArtisticFirmOutlinesNo Boundaries Author:Vance Palmer
“People who blame the Bible for the modern destruction of nature have failed to see its delight in the variety and individuality of creatures and its insistence upon their holiness. But that delight-in, say, the final chapters of Job or the 104th Psalm-is far more useful to the cause of conservation than the undifferentiating abstractions of science... Reverence gives standing to creatures, and to our perception of them, just as the law gives standing to a citizen.” PeopleGivingJobsLawCausesAnimalModernCitizensCreaturesPerceptionStandingDestructionBlameFinalsIndividualityDelightVarietyHolinessReverenceChaptersConservationAbstractionInsistencePsalmsDestruction Of Nature Author:Wendell Berry
“As soon as a true thought has entered our mind, it gives a light which makes us see a crowd of other objects which we have never perceived before.” GivingMindLightKnowledgeObjectsPerceptionCrowds Author:François-René de Chateaubriand
“Literature expresses itself by abstractions, whereas painting, by means of drawing and colour, gives concrete shape to sensations and perceptions.” GivingMeanLiteraturePaintingShapesPerceptionDrawingColourSensationsConcreteAbstraction Author:Paul Cezanne
“It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he [the artist] can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out.” GivingFeelingsArtistWishPaintingPerceptionObservationAtmosphereRegister Author:Lucian Freud
“No one wants to abandon the Israelis. But I think the perception is, and I think it's probably an accurate perception, that the tail is leading the dog - that we are giving the Israelis carte blanche ability to exercise whatever they want to do in their area.” ThinkingWantGivingAbilityDogExercisePerceptionAreasAbandonAccurateTailsBlanche Author:Michael Scheuer
“Penetration seems a kind of inspiration; it gives me an idea of prophecy.” GivingKindIdeasInspirationSeemsPerceptionGive MeProphecyPenetration Author:Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
“Ego is the movement of the mind toward objects of perception in the form of grasping, and away from objects in the form of aversion. This fundamentally is all the ego is. This movement of grasping and aversion gives rise to a sense of a separate 'me,' and in turn the sense of 'me' strengthens itself this way.” WayGivingMindFormTurnsMovementObjectsEgoPerceptionGraspingAversion Author:Adyashanti
“Most people have this perception that you have to be out there running for an hour and a half every day. But you don't have to give up your career and family to run a marathon.” PeopleGivingRunningHoursHalfCareersGiving UpPerceptionMarathon Author:Jeff Galloway
“What sets you apart from the rest of humanity is your ability to give visual form to an idea - the skill to transform it into something more than merely the insight or perception alone.” GivingIdeasFormHumanityAbilitySkillsPerceptionInsightVisuals Author:Richard Schmid
“The world is very beautiful and very wonderful. Life can be very easy when love is your way of life. You can be loving all the time. This is your choice. You may not have a reason to love, but you can love because to love makes you so happy. Love in action only produces happiness. Love will give you inner peace. It will change your perception of everything.” WorldWayGivingMayReasonMotivationalActionBeautifulChoicesEasyLove IsWonderfulProducePerceptionInner PeaceVery BeautifulWonderful LifeFour AgreementsHappy LoveHappiness LoveReason To Love Author:Miguel Angel Ruiz