Chogyam Trungpa Quotes

A straight oar looks bent in the water. What matters is not merely that we see things but how we see them.

The sun never sets. It is only an appearance due to the observer's limited perspective. And yet, what a sublime illusion it is.

Of the Surface of Things In my room, the world is beyond my understanding; But when I walk I see that it consists of three or four Hills and a cloud.

The only thing you sometimes have control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it.

People say I have a distorted lens. I think I see things as they really are.

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

Life's all about perceptions.

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.

I feel that one of the most important lessons that can be learned is that what we "see" may be different than what is actually in front of us.

Ive said its a little bit like a magician performing for a convention of magicians... all the magicians in the audience watching this illusion-Do they see the illusion, or do they see the device that made the illusion? Probably they see a little of both.

We all know a mirror reflects us, if you look in it. If you move, the reflection moves. If you project from a mirror, meaning it will project an image, it's nothing to do with you. The world seen by nobody.

We are funny creatures. We don't see the stars as they are, so why do we love them? They are not small gold objects, but endless fire.

Your frame of reference is what you see.

Our view of reality is only a view, not reality itself.

A mountain seen in the haze of distance must nevertheless look a solid heavy mountain.

Reality is a concept that depends largely upon where you point your face.

The first lesson a watcher learns is to separate truth from illusion. Because in the world of magics, it's the hardest thing to do.

Seeing is not believing - it is only seeing.

It is the eye which makes the horizon.

What looks large from a distance, close up ain’t never that big.

We hear things, but we can't always see them, or, even if we do see them, we're not sure that we're seeing correctly. Hence: Invisible.

The fictional eye sees in, through, and around what is really there.

Hope clouds observation.

You see but your shadow when you turn your back to the sun.