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The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence

T.S. Eliot , in Four Quartets
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Only when we accept the fact that the world is never exactly as we see it through our individual lens of perception will we be able to accept ourselves or the mystery that is life itself.

Hal Zina Bennett , in The Lens of Perception: A User's Guide to Higher Consciousness
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