It often happens that what stares us in the face is the most difficult to perceive.
What we perceive as the present is the vivid fringe of memory tinged with anticipation.
To be contemporary actually means to be an artist. [But] I do not feel contemporary in my work. I perceive my work as old-fashioned. It does not have a frame of actuality in our time or locality.
Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.
When I say that there's commonality, I mean more in terms of the sort of techniques by which we perceive Baroque and minimalist music rather than the techniques used to compose them. I know that's being sort of overly complicated.
The child begins to perceive the world not only through his [or her] eyes but also through his [or her] speech
Whatever you perceive, you always make a story with yourself as the main character, and that dictates your life. Then when you read 'The Four Agreements', you hear another voice beneath the story, the voice that comes from your integrity, your spirit.
In any election, it's important that the public perceives that the election is held fairly.
I will go wash; And when my face is fair, you shall perceive Whether I blush or no.
A miracle is a shift in perception. The moment that we choose to perceive our life with love, we can create miraculous change.
We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.
People will vote for someone who [they perceive] is strong and wrong before they will vote for someone who appears weak but is right.
There is consequence of our forgetting who we are. Forgetting that we're able to create our environment, from our health to economy to war. Something can be done about everything we perceive as bad, if we so choose. If we are aware of the concept of compassion.
Most people perceive moderates as timid, middle-of-the-roaders, who can't take a stand.
To perceive is to suffer.
Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true is what we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What we perceive depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends upon what we think. What we think depends upon what we perceive. What we perceive determines what we believe. What we believe determines what we take to be true. What we take to be true is our reality.
The political and social processes by which the Western European societies were put in order are not very apparent, have been forgotten, or have become habitual. They are part of our most familiar landscape, and we don't perceive them anymore. But most of them once scandalized people.
I'm not incredibly self-conscious. I don't really feel like I walk around making fashion or my appearance the most important thing in the world. It's certainly not the way that I live my life. I'm not really sure how the magazines perceive me because I don't read them.
The brain is a far more open system than we ever imagined, and nature has gone very far to help us perceive and take in the world around us. It has given us a brain that survives in a changing world by changing itself.
A lot of people perceive women as sexy based on their outer appeal. But there's no way to mistake if a woman is confident.