"Our conceptions of the world affect our perceptions of the world which, in turn, condition the way we subsequently conceive the world."

-- Stephen Batchelor

#Perception Quotes #World Quotes #Way Quotes

“Anybody caught selling macrame in public should be dyed a natural color and hung out to dry.”
“Superstitions, and especially the early cultivation of religion, with its "fear of the Lord" and of unknown mysterious agencies, are especially potent in the development of the instinct of fear. Even the early cultivation of morality and conscientiousness, with their fears of right and wrong, often causes psychoneurotic states in later life. Religious, social, and moral taboos and superstitions, associated with apprehension of threatening impending evil, based on the fear instinct, form the germs of psychopathic affections.”

Source : Boris Sidis (1916). “The Causation and Treatment of Psychopathic Diseases”
“When we were children, letters were like fun toys.Â We played with them through our building blocks. We colored them in books. We danced and sang along with TV puppets while learning C was for â€œcookie.â€ Soon, letters turned into words. Words turned into sentences. Sentences turned into thoughts. And along the way, we stopped playing with them and stopped marveling at A through Z.”
“My political views have since I was a kid someway or another reflected the concerns of Tea Party movement.”
“Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.”

Source : Whitney M. Young (1964). “To be equal”
“Come t'e' picciol fallo amaro morso! Dante. What grievous pain a little fault doth give thee!”
“The U.N. Security Council did not to condemn the Qana massacre, due to the U.S. veto.”
“If you really want to know how a person will operate, look at how they've lived their life.”

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