It is not what a poem says with its mouth, it’s what a poem does with its eyes.

Mary Ruefle
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  3. So, ‘sensation’ and ‘judgment’ have together lost their apparent clearness: we have observed that they were clear only as long as the prejudice in favour of the world was maintained. As soon as one tried by means of them, to picture consciousness in the process... - Maurice MerleauPonty

  4. There are many realities. There are many versions of what may appearobvious. Whatever appears as the unshakeable truth, its exact oppositemay also be true in another context. After all, one's reality is butperception, viewed through various prisms of context. - Amish Tripathi

  5. We both know that, my friend, but a man's perception soon becomes his reality. - Tim LaHaye

More Quotes By Mary Ruefle
  1. Don't walk through life stifling your authenticity, suppressing your uniqueness, hiding your truth out of fear of what others may think. Being someone other than who you are only hampers your well-being and also wastes a whole lot of time.

  2. What goes on in our head solely determines the level at which we function in society, our physical health, and the degree of our mental and emotional stability and maturity.

  3. There is a powerful misconception of what goes on in our heads is connected with who we are. Holding on to the" belief” that we are our minds, perpetuates the continual human suffering. Believing our mind is who we are, strengthens the illusion that we...

  4. Stop wasting time and start living.

  5. We solely choose how we interpret something said, a behavior or action of another. No one can make us feel anything we don’t choose for ourselves.

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