Marie Lu Quotes

Some people see what they want to see.

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it. The moment we want to disbelieve anything we have previously believed we suddenly discover not only that there is a mass of evidence against it but that this evidence was starting us in the face all the time.

Partisanship shapes the reality that people choose to see.

People just see what they want to see.

To ensure that our views are credible, our brain accepts what our eye sees. To ensure that our views are positive, our eye looks for what our brain wants. The conspiracy between these two servants allows us to live at the fulcrum of stark reality and comforting illusion.

You can only see what you believe—nothing else is possible.

In critical moments, men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.

You see what you expect to see, Severus.

Humans see what they want to see.

What you see is evidence of what you believe.

A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest.

We only see what we want to see; we only hear what we want to hear. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.

Beware prejudices. They are like rats, and men's minds are like traps; prejudices get in easily, but it is doubtful if they ever get out.

What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.

People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true.

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

Denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.

We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions.

Prejudice locks the mind. Nothing can enter. Nothing true can escape.

The habit of an opinion often leads to the complete conviction of its truth, it hides the weaker parts of it, and makes us incapable of accepting the proofs against it.

We seldom find any person of good sense, except those who share our opinions.

We were raised to believe that our way of seeing the world was the only way.

What we believe, we see.

Few ever see what is not already inside their heads.

But Annabeth knew that people saw what they wanted to see. They didn’t need the Mist to warp their perceptions.