Judge Reality, Not Appearance

Men in general judge more from
appearances than from reality.
All men have eyes, but few have
the gift of penetration.

- Niccolo Machiavelli

Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them.

- Alan Watts

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances,
and demonstrations for impressions.
- John Ruskin

There are none so blind as those who will not see.
- John Heywood (also attributed to the later Matthew Henry, and others)

(based on Jeremiah 5:21)

Trust not too much to appearances.
- Virgil

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
- Henry David Thoreau

Hope and Fear Cloud Our Vision.

We do not always see what is before our face -
sometimes we see what we hope to see,
or what we fear we will see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Art of Seeing

Listen, Really Listen

What We Perceive

Observe Life

           

Study The Lessons Of History

Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
- Winston Churchill

The importance of history is in its
educational value for our lives today,
not in regret, resentment, or revenge.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

History is a vast early warning system.
- Norman Cousins

Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened.
Everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas in antiquity.
- Niccolò Machiavelli

History is the version of past events
that people have decided to agree upon.
- Napoleon Bonaparte

Study the past, if you would divine the future.
- Confucius
Further reading: Awareness

Vengeance

Fault

Anger
         

Look a Little Deeper

Normally, we do not so much look at things as overlook them.
- Alan Watts

Trust not too much to appearances.
- Virgil

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances,
and demonstrations for impressions.
- John Ruskin

Men in general judge more from
appearances than from reality.
All men have eyes, but few have
the gift of penetration.
- Niccolo Machiavelli

There are none so blind as those who will not see.
- John Heywood (also attributed to the later Matthew Henry, and others)
(based on Jeremiah 5:21)

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
- Henry David Thoreau

Hope and Fear Cloud Our Vision.
We do not always see what is before our face -
sometimes we see what we hope to see,
or what we fear we will see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Art of Seeing
           

Appearances

The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
- Henry David Thoreau

Men in general judge more from
appearances than from reality.
All men have eyes, but few have
the gift of penetration.
- Niccolo Machiavelli

Faith is the great affirmative power that
says "yes" to the infinite goodness of life -
regardless of appearances. We all have within us
the potential for mountain-moving faith,
but we must take the steps necessary to activate it.
- Mary Omwake

The work of science is to substitute facts for appearances,
and demonstrations for impressions.
- John Ruskin

Trust not too much to appearances.
- Virgil

Further reading:

Henry David Thoreau quotes

Quotes about Faith

Quotes about Power
 
Quote about Potential

Quotes about Goodness

Quotes about Science