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Perception

  • ... just because you don't see a snake doesn't mean that it doesn't see you.

  • Don't you think people often say other people are tough when they do not know how to cheat them?

  • ... all social relations exist and grow in the human mind. That one despot can rule over a million other men rests absolutely on their state of mind. They believe that he does; let them change their minds, and he does not.

  • Perception is a prism, and reality is like shot silk — depends where the light hits.

  • Power is what it is perceived to be.

  • ... every way of seeing is also a way of not seeing ...

  • You don't have to be sincere yourself to recognize sincerity when you see it. Any more than you have to be insane to recognize insanity.