Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

The difference is as great between The optics seeing as the objects seen. All manners take a tincture from our own; Or come discolor'd through out passions shown; Or fancy's beam enlarges, multiplies, Contracts, inverts, and gives ten thousand dyes.

Each person does see the world in a different way. There is not a single, unifying, objective truth. We're all limited by our perspective.

We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike.

Our thoughts and our feelings, of course, are not wholly objective, they're inherently subjective. And that's the danger, and I think as long as we're aware of it and can push back against it, I don't think that these two views are necessarily incompatible.

Complete objectivity is not an option. We are all subjective about the way we respond to 'what is,' whether it's the people we encounter, the circumstances in our lives, or ourselves. What we can do is reduce our subjectivity - what I call 'I see, therefore it is.'

We may try to see things as objectively as we please. None the less, we can never see them with any eyes except our own.

A feeling is not a fact.

We all look at the same object in different ways.

There is nothing that deceives us more than our own judgment when used to give an opinion on our own works. It is sound in judging the work of our enemies but not that of our friends, for hate and love are two of the most powerfully motivating factors found among living things.

Even if we try to see people in our lives accurately, it is distorted by our own wants and prejudices and experiences.

No two people see the world exactly alike, and different temperaments will often apply the same principle, recognized by both, differently. Even one and the same person won't always maintain the same views and judgments: earlier convictions must give way to later ones.

It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.

We believe what we want to believe, what we like to believe, what suits our prejudices and fuels our passions.

We hear only those questions for which we are in a position to find answers

Different men often see the same subject in different lights

There are three sides to every story: your side, my side, and the truth.

Do not forget that others won’t see the problems the way you look at or vice versa.

A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be wrong is a man of principle; while he who from time to time adapts his opinions to the changing circumstances of life is an opportunist.

Being unbiased is a lot like being humble: as soon as you think you are, you aren’t. Neither are a finite state of being but a continuous struggle to not allow our perspectives poison our opinions.

One person's roar is another's whine, just as one person's music is another's unendurable noise.

We're all biased, right, in many different ways - politically, religiously, ideologically, the way our family raised us - and that's fine. Nobody wants to live in a world where everybody thinks exactly the same. The key, though, is to try to figure out where your biases are holding you back from solving problems.

People's minds can change very quickly.

I love getting to have different food and getting to be around different people and different cultures and different ways people look at life. It's really kind of helped me open up my mind and see the world from different perspectives.

If we can't agree on objective truth, then how are we ever going to agree on opinions?

People want to see the world the way they want to see it, not the way it is.