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"Philosophy exists in profoundest opposition to rhetoric, which is speaking for the sake of producing or controlling some effect in others' perceptions. Philosophy is about the caustic or cauterizing effect of the truth, not the currying of sensibilities."
"Obviously, my perception of the world is one where humans are a threat to our survival."
"He gives us the very quintessence of perception,-the clearly crystalized precipitation of all that is most precious in the ferment of impression after the impertinent and obtrusive particulars have evaporated from the memory."
"The man who sees little always sees less than there is to see; the man who hears badly always hears something more than there is to hear."
"Without a clear perception of his reasons for living, man will never consent to live, and will rather destroy himself than tarry on earth, though he be surrounded with bread"."
"Can a man of perception respect himself at all?"
"No one has ever seen a Republican mass meeting that was devoid of the perception of the ludicrous."
"There is nothing outside of us that is not at the same time in us, and as the external world has its colors the eye, too, has colors."
"As soon as any one belongs to a narrow creed in science, every unprejudiced and true perception is gone."
"I recognize that no matter how old I get, how many records I've done, or what the public perception of me is, there are still exciting things that I haven't done."
"To ask at what time a man has first any ideas is to ask when he begins to perceive; having ideas and perception being the same thing."
"Some eyes want spectacles to see things clearly and distinctly: but let not those that use them therefore say nobody can see clearly without them."
"Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger from their folly, not from their wisdom; their weakness is what fills us with apprehension, not their strength."
"I never can feel certain of any truth, but from a clear perception of its beauty."
"The artist is a person who is expert in the training of perception."
"Human perception is literally incarnation."
"Language always preserves a play or figure/ground relation between experience, and perception and its replay in expression."
"Typography tended to alter language from a means of perception and exploration to a portable commodity."
"Labels bias our perceptions, thinking, and behavior. A label or story can either separate us from, or connect us to, nature. For our health and happiness, we must critically evaluate our labels and stories by their effects."
"Tis well for old age that it is always accompanied with want of perception, ignorance, and a facility of being deceived. For should we see how we are used and would not acquiesce, what would become of us?"
