Quote by Walter Benjamin
To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without frigh

To be happy is to be able to become aware of oneself without fright. – Walter Benjamin

Other quotes by Walter Benjamin

Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance. – Walter Benjamin

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Absence
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The book borrower…proves himself to be an inveterate collector of books not so much by the fervor with which he guards his borrowed treasures…as by his failure to read these books. – Walter Benjamin

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Books
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Like ultraviolet rays memory shows to each man in the book of life a script that invisibly and prophetically glosses the text. – Walter Benjamin

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Memory
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Other Quotes from
Perception
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To perceive means to immobilize… we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself. – Henri Bergson

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Perception

Some people see the cup as half empty. Some people see the cup as half full. I see the cup as too large. – George Carlin

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Perception

When we visualize something, we establish a relationship to the thing itself, not to some mere subjective representation of it inside us. – Medard Boss

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Perception

Since light travels faster than sound, people appear bright until you hear them speak. – Anon.

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Perception

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In theater or movies you see either Im religious or Im an atheist. Ive never seen too much discussion of I believe theres a higher power but Im hesitant to reach out to him because I dont know if Im worthy of his attention. – Zach Braff

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Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. – Phillips Brooks

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