Seeing Ourselves, Others, and the World

If we live truly, we shall see truly. Ralph Waldo Emerson

We love to see through others, but we dislike being seen through. La Rochefoucauld

As a man is, so he sees. William Blake

We see things as we are, not as they are. Jennifer Stone

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. Edgar Allan Poe

What is this world in which we live? Who are we? Who are our friends, lovers, family? Our perceptions tell us what are our world is, and therefore, who are what we are. Each of us lives in this world of ours, and yet each of us has a different perception of it.

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Mark Twain on the World

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain

Anais Nin

How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.
Anais Nin

Anais was speaking to a specific group, but the advice pertains to all of us. We should not wait for someone else when we can act on our own. It is our duty to ourselves.

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