Quotes About Perspective

It's never possible to know for certain the "true" source of any given interpretation, the dividing line between our association (i.e., projection) and reality. The question quickly becomes, What is real? It is always possible to consciously or unconsciously "see" almost anything we want. I can look at the ceiling and see an image of the Virgin Mary, or I can look at the ceiling and see that the spackler did a damn good job.

So many indigenous people have said to me that the fundamental difference between Western and indigenous ways of being is that even the most open-minded westerners generally view listening to the natural world as a metaphor, as opposed to the way the world really is. Trees and rocks and rivers really do have things to say to us.

NO CHAIN, She asked me did I ever love her, my reply was of course I did, and she said why didn't you try an' get me back, then I told her our love was lost, that you are referring to is not love, It is called obsession, something I could never be. -MillYentei

War is delightful to those who have not experienced it.

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king.

Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death.

Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes.

Within infinite myths lies the eternal truth Who sees it all? Varuna has but a thousand eyes, Indra has a hundred, You and I, only two.

We are not rational creatures who feel; we are emotional creatures who rationalize.

we believe our problems are the greatest and our misfortunes the worst, there is always someone out there who has suffered more.

The world that is perceived through any measuring scale is called maya.

There is no such thing as an objective interpretation.

Lakshmi massages Vishnu's feet. Is this male domination? Kali stands on Shiva's chest. Is this female domination? Shiva is half a woman. Is this gender equality? Why then is Shakti never half a man?

Religious or secular, all myths make profound sense to one group of people. Not to everyone. They cannot be rationalized beyond a point. In the final analysis, you either accept them or you don't.

Myth is truth which is subjective, intuitive, cultural and grounded in faith.

The notion of the measuring scale is critical in Hindu thought. The value of an object depends on the scale being followed. And since all scales are man-made, all values are artificial. Thus all opinions ultimately are delusions, based on man-made measuring scales.

It's the Indian headshake. It means you are probably right, or probably wrong. Who knows? Varuna has but a thousand eyes, Indra a hundred, you and I only two.

Within infinite myths lies the eternal truth Who sees it all? Varuna has but a thousand eyes Indra, a hundred You and I, only two

Who decides what justice is? How does one end this unending spiral of revenge where everyone believes they are right and their opponents are wrong?

Vyasa thus shows how confrontation and conflict does not necessarily happen when one is right and the other is wrong; it can happen simply because two people follow different value systems.

there is a reality greater than what you perceive.