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«To understand reality is not the same as to know about outward events. It is to perceive the essential nature of things. The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential. But on the other hand, knowledge of an apparently trivial detail quite often makes it possible to see into the depth of things. And so the wise man will seek to acquire the best possible knowledge about events, but always without becoming dependent upon this knowledge. To recognize the»
Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
(Pastor, Theologian)
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apparently, dependent, depth, detail, informed, multiplicity, on the other hand, outward, perceive, trivial, wisest
«To understand is to perceive patterns»
«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.»
«To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.»
Author: Anthony Robbins
| About:
Communication
| Keywords:
communicate, communicates, communication, different, effectively, guide, perceive, realize, The Guide, The Way, understanding, use
«The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity»
Author: Andre Gide
| About:
Hypocrisy
| Keywords:
ceases, deception, deceptions, hypocrite, perceive, sincerity
«The role of the writer is not simply to arrange Being according to his own lights; he must also serve as a medium to Being and remain open to its often unfathomable dictates. This is the only way the work can transcend its creator and radiate its meaning further than the author himself can see or perceive.»
Author: Vaclav Havel
(Playwright, President)
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arrange, dictates, lights, medium, open to, perceive, radiate, radiated, radiates, radiating, role, The Author, transcend, unfathomable
«The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.»
Author: William James
(Philosopher, Psychologist)
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belief system, differently, dissolve, dissolving, expand, insane, minds, perceive, result, seems, slip, slipping, slip away, slip by, slip in, slip on, slip up, system, The Fear, willing, working
«The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody.»
Author: Albert Camus
(Essayist, Novelist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
chord, chords, eternally, melodies, melody, notes, occasionally, perceive, resound, resounded, resounding, resounds, sounds, The Chords, vibration, vibrations
«To perceive victory when it is known to all is not really skilful. Everyone calls victory in battle good, but it is not really good.»
«To sit in judgment of those things which you perceive to be wrong or imperfect is to be one more person who is part of judgment, evil or imperfection.»
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