George Gissing Quotes
It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched.
Topics
Perception
Inner World
Different Perspectives
Cognitive Bias
Emotional Diversity
Emotional Resonance
Emotional Response
Filtered Perception
Human Subjectivity
Individual Experience
Interpretation of Reality
Mental Construct
Mental Constructs
Perceptual Difference
Personal Perspective
Subjective Perception
Subjective Reality
Unique Perspective
Unique Viewpoint
Citations
Gissing, George. The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft. Archibald Constable, 1903, p. 45.
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