“Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.”
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American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Ci… 1929–1968Related quotes
“We only see shadows of reality. We shouldn't expect those shadows to behave sensibly.”
Source: Paraphrased from a response to an audience questions at FREEOK 2013 Lawrence Krauss The Higgs and the Story of Science https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iPZNgzi9Aw
“We see by means of something which illumines us, which we do not see.”
Vemos por algo que nos ilumina; por algo que no vemos.
Voces (1943)
Source: Luis Lacalle Pou (2021) cited in: " Uruguay's strategy against Omicron is to just be alert, President says https://en.mercopress.com/2021/11/30/uruguay-s-strategy-against-omicron-is-to-just-be-alert-president-says" in MercoPress, 30 November 2021.
World Theater Day Message, Geneva, Switzerland (2009)
Context: When we look beyond appearances, we see oppressors and oppressed people, in all societies, ethnic groups, genders, social classes and casts; we see an unfair and cruel world. We have to create another world because we know it is possible. But it is up to us to build this other world with our hands and by acting on the stage and in our own life.
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”
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Source: Cited as being from The Meditations. This quote does not exist there; although there are several other statements about everything being an opinion, none of these are connected to a sentence about perspectives.
