Henry David Thoreau Quotes on Perception
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That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another's. We see so much only as we possess.
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Who looks in the sun will see no light else; but also he will see no shadow. Our life revolves unceasingly, but the centre is ever the same, and the wise will regard only the seasons of the soul.
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We are as much as we see. Faith is sight and knowledge. The hands only serve the eyes.
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The perception of beauty is a moral test.
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If you are describing any occurrence... make two or more distinct reports at different times... We discriminate at first only a few features, and we need to reconsider our experience from many points of view and in various moods in order to perceive the whole.
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This world is but canvas to our imaginations.
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The eye may see for the hand, but not for the mind.
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I hear beyond the range of sound, I see beyond the range of sight, New earths and skies and seas around, And in my day the sun doth pale his light.