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"We live on the leash of our senses."
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"How we choose to perceive affects how we partake of reality, narrowly or completely."
"We often focus on what is wrong and complain that nothing is beautiful."
"The mind can fool the heart, as the heart can fool the mind."
"People see what they expect to see."
"The devil was always in the detail. And here the detail was certainly devilish."
"I saw the world in black and white instead of the vibrant colours and shades I knew existed."
"Life is an illusion which wisely prevents you from seeing yourself fully."
"When I deeply look at a pious, I see no affection but fear; and when I look at an atheist, I see no fear but conceit!"
"It is always easier to find fault and criticize than it is to find beauty and appreciation."
"Materialistic perception of life makes us spiritually shortsighted."
Explore more quotes by Diane Ackerman
"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."
"It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between."
"Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains."
"A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically."
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