"The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental."

-- Samuel Alexander

#Perception Quotes

“It is my greatest joy to live a really good part, even though it imposes great strain. An artist is tired but proud when he has created a great work of art. So it is with the actor who really lives a great role and is proud of the part he played.”
“On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.”
“Even in the most bold and daring acts, courage is a matter of the heart.”
“Lacrosse is probably the best sport I ever played.”

Source : "Spin Right And Shoot Left" by John McPhee, www.newyorker.com. March 23, 2009.
“A man with a soul is not like every other man.”
“Thank God our time is now when wrong comes up to meet us everywhere never to leave us till we take, the greatest stride of the soul man ever took. affairs are now soul size the enterprise is exploration unto God. Where are you making for? It takes so many thousand years to wake. But will you wake for pity's sake?”
“No person's gain in wisdom is diminished by anyone else's gain.”

Source : Charles A. Reich (1970). “The Greening of America”
“I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me, I would not shoot him.”

Source : "Malala Yousafzai: 'Our books and our pens are the most powerful weapons'". Speech at the United Nations, www.theguardian.com. July 12, 2013.

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