The quote from Meditations that I mentioned is the second one below, the first is more succinct; "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we s

The quote from Meditations that I mentioned is the second one below, the first is more succinct; "Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth" "Like seeing roasted meat and other dishes in front of you and suddenly realizing: This is a dead fish. A dead bird. A dead pig. Perceptions like that—latching on onto thing and piercing through them, so we see what they really are. That’s what we need to do all the time—all through our lives when things lay claim to our trust—to lay them bare and see how pointless they are, to strip away the legend that encrusts them.”