Perceive

Famous quotes containing the word perceive:

    “The light is there, and colors surround us. However, if there were no light nor colors in our own eye, we wouldn’t perceive such things outside of us.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.”
    —Bible: New Testament Acts, 10:34.

    Said by Peter at Caesarea; similar wording is found in Romans 2:11: “There is no respect of persons with God.”

    “Impartial. Unable to perceive any promise of personal advantage from espousing either side of a controversy.”
    —Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)