All Quotes By Tag: Perception
“Look beneath the surface; let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee.”
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“I Am In Love With Myself, With My Heart.”
“Why does truth carry such a dreadful face? Why does subjugation carry such a happy mask? It becomes sad when people understand that they can lead a better life as long as they bow their heads, ignoring the truth.”
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“It’s madness to see life as it is and not how it should be.”
“Subhuti, someone might fill innumerable worlds with the seven treasures and give all away in gifts of alms, but if any good man or any good woman awakens the thought of Enlightenment and takes even only four lines from this Discourse, reciting, using, receiving, retaining and spreading them abroad and explaining them for the benefit of others, it will be far more meritorious. Now in what manner may he explain them to others? By detachment from appearances-abiding in Real Truth. -So I tell you-Thus shall you think of all this fleeting world:A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;A flash of lightening in a summer cloud,A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.When Buddha finished this Discourse the venerable Subhuti, together with the bhikshus, bhikshunis, lay-brothers and sisters, and the whole realms of Gods, Men and Titans, were filled with joy by His teaching, and, taking it sincerely to heart they went their ways.”
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“There are people who desperately want to change the world. I wonder if it could be measured, because the world is already in the state of continuously change since the beginning of time. Or they may just want their names etched nicely on men history.”
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“All we know is what we’re told.”
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“Smartass Disciple: But, you said that it’s the truth??Master of Stupidity: O Yes. That is yesterday’s truth.”
“Perception is the lie that we convince ourselves exists”
“We both know that, my friend, but a man’s perception soon becomes his reality.”
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“Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.”
“Children, like God, see only our actions.”
“Perception was easily accomplished, required little effort, and it never had to stand the test of reality.”
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“There are many things which can not be expressed by words. There are many words which can not be spelled by human tongue. There are many tongues which utter one single truth.”