"This perceiving, active being is what I call mind, spirit, soul, or myself. By which words I do not denote any one of my ideas, but a thing entirely distinct from them, wherein they exist, or, which is the same thing, whereby they are perceived; for the existence of an idea consists in being perceived."

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Source : George Berkeley (2015). “Principles of Human Knowledge: Human Understanding”, p.17, 谷月社

George Berkeley

#Soul Quotes #Perception Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?”
“But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.”
“One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.”
“Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead.”
“If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions.”
“The life insurance industry is filled with good people who believe in their work and their companies, but who may never have challenged the assumptions underlying their efforts.”

Source : "The Invisible Bankers, Everything The Insurance Industry Never Wanted You To Know". Book by Andrew Tobias, 1982.
“Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.”

Source : Austin Kleon (2012). “Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative”, p.19, Workman Publishing
“Here and there one sees the blush of wild rose haws or the warmth of orange fruit on the bittersweet, and back in the woods is the occasional twinkle of partridgeberries. But they are the gem stones, the rare decorations which make the grays, the browns and the greens seem even more quiet, more completely at rest.”

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