"Unless Christianity is wholly false, the perception of ourselves which we have in moments of shame must be the only true one."
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"Rather, my perceptions about how we solve problems in health care or education span across a whole range of areas. And I want to try to capture that complexity."
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"Once there is a certain degree of Presence, of still and alert attention in human beings' perceptions, they can sense the divine life essence, the one indwelling consciousness or spirit in every creature, every life-form, recognize it as one with their own essence and so love it as themselves. Until this happens, however, most humans see only the outer forms, unaware of the inner essence, just as they are unaware of their own essence and identify only with their own physical and psychological form."
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"Yet there is nothing more dangerous than to be premature in exploiting a change in perception."
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"Hillary [Clinton] is neither the demon of the right's perception, nor a feminist saint, nor is she particularly emblematic of her time perhaps more old-fashioned than modern."
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"Only the human brain can deliberately change perceptions, change patterns, invent concepts and tolerate ambiguity."
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"The weapons of the positive revolution are not bullets and bombs but simple human perceptions. Bullets and bombs may offer physical power but eventually will only work if they change perceptions and values. Why not go the direct route and work with perceptions and values?"
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"Every emotion, from despair all of the way up to ecstasy; from complete Connection to who-you-really-are, all the way to pinching yourself off pretty severely, all of those emotions are about your perception of freedom, or your perception of bondage—every one of them."
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"Getting lost in human perception is a very scary idea."
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"In the new science of the twenty-first century, not physical force but spiritual force will lead the way. Mental and spiritual gifts will be more in demand than gifts of a physical nature. Extrasensory perception will take precedence over sensory perception. And in this sphere woman will again predominate."
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"Perceptions are portraits, not photographs, and their form reveals the artist’s hand every bit as much as it reflects the things portrayed"
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"So, we, as human beings, live in a very imprecise world. A world where our perceptions of reality are far more important than actual reality."
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"Meditation is like a bath for the mind; it clears and refreshes our windows of perception, allowing more light, love, and happiness to flow into lives."
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"Your life can only be as free as your perception of it"
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"All descriptions of matter are descriptions of modes of human perception within consciousness."
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"People want much the same things, but they have been formed by history to have a particular perception of the other."
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"You can reverse your biological age by changing your perceptions."
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"There is more and more data that the biological molecules of aging are more under the influence of psychological factors than the chronological age that we usually associate with. Of course there are other things that influence our aging process, including how we perceive time. If you're constantly running out of time, then your biological clock speeds up, and you do run out of time with a heart attack or something like that. The quality of our self-esteem determines how we age. Our perception of our bodies as fields of energy or fields of matter influence how our body ages."
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"The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate - is a big factor."
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"In my perception, the world wasn't a graph or formula or an equation. It was a story."
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