Quotes About View

The advantage of the ideal theory over the popular faith, is this, that it presents the world in precisely that view which is most desirable to the mind. It is, in fact, the view which Reason, both speculative and practical, that is, philosophy and virtue, take. For, seen in the light of thought, the world always is phenomenal; and virtue subordinates it to the mind.

the power of a lens is incredible.

Only if you are willing to pray sincerely for God's will to be done and are willing to live the life apportioned to you will you see the breathtaking view of God that he wants you to have, through the windows he has placed in your life.

For a moment I had a view of a world that seemed to wear a vast and dismal aspect of disorder, while, in truth, thanks to our unwearied efforts, it is as sunny an arrangement of small conveniences as the mind of man can conceive.

In her view the aim of every religion was merely to preserve certain proprieties while affording satisfaction to human desires

we must inevitably assume that the historian who judges Alexander will also after the lapse of some time turn out to be mistaken in his view of what is good for humanity.

The last of the ten unwholesome actions is wrong view, basic misperceptions that become the cause of difficulty and suffering in our lives.

Sally has a smile I would accept as my last view on earth...

no hay nada más peligroso que una idea, cuando es la única que se tiene.

The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible.

the world could be wonderfully exotic when viewed through the bottom of a cocktail glass.

As we've seen, serious problems with porn often have their roots in early exposure to porn in childhood. And a child's view of their parent can be negatively impacted if that parent's porn use is discovered or revealed.

The halo effect discussed earlier contributes to coherence, because it inclines us to match our view of all the qualities of a person to our judgment of one attribute that is particularly significant. If

The mind that makes up narratives about the past is a sense-making organ. When an unpredicted event occurs, we immediately adjust our view of the world to accommodate the surprise.

I spend a few months each year in Berkeley, and one of my great pleasures there is a daily four-mile walk on a marked path in the hills, with a fine view of San Francisco Bay.

Since I've been in Playboy myself in Australia, I love it, and I think it's really empowering and positive towards women, which is not a view that many women hold.

What seems less than likely is that John and Jesus preached a two-Messiah view. There is no evidence for it in any Christian materials (or even in sources that some argue go back to John the Baptist's circles).

What Schüssler Fiorenza and Horsley share is a strong emphasis on the prophetic elements of Jesus' teaching that cause us to view people differently. Once again Jesus as teacher is underscored, not Jesus as deliverer.

It is this significant disjunction between the Jesus-as-prophet view and Jesus' disciples' claim that Jesus is the Christ that makes Jesusanity's view of Jesus so difficult to accept historically. But we are jumping ahead.

A fourth factor is a larger sea change in the way we view history.With

decided that good scholarship demanded taking the losers' point of view, and that made the revision of claims about historic fact inevitable.

Fooey! The porchlight is burnt out, and I can't see whether it's dark outside or not.

Self-acceptance should not be confused with an over-vaulting aggrandisement of self over others. That individual's exaggerated positive view of self relies upon a comparison with others - they sustain their own positive self-view, relatively, by maintaining a negative view of others.

America sure was a funny place to look at when you got far enough away,