“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” — Anaïs Nin https://t.co/ycMGVfzDEj
Anaïs Nin is famously quoted as saying, “We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” That is, the truth is not as objective as we would like to believe. The truth is culturally mediated and socially negotiated and constructed based on our communal view of reality—our beliefs.
Marcus Collins • For the Culture
“We do not see things as they are. We see things as we are.”
Arielle Shnaidman added
Anaïs Nin wrote, “We do not see the world as it is, but as we are.”
Brian Tracy • Get Smart!: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field
Russ added
We see people and things not as they are, but as we are.
O'Reilly Media • Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality by Anthony De Mello (1990) Paperback
sari added
“We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are. We do not hear things as they are; we hear them as we are.” - The Talmud, Jewish text
Arjuna Ishaya • 200% – An Instruction Manual for Living Fully
“We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.”