Quotes About Perspective

Believe none of what you hear. Half of what you see. And everything you write.

Fiatalon az ember azt hiszi, örökké él.

Sólo porque recuerdes algo no quiere decir que sea correcto. Es sólo cómo eliges recordarlo.

If you pour a pail full of water on the floor of your house, it makes a great show, but if you throw it into the sea, there is no sign of it. So, afflictions considered in themselves, we think are very great, but let them be considered with the sea of god's mercies we enjoy, and then they are not so much, they are nothing in comparison.

For if all the men in the world looked upon you as more happy than themselves, then you would be contented. Oh, do not let your happiness depend upon the fancies of other men.

a chief way and help to keep comfort and contentment in our hearts, is to make good interpretations of Gods dealing towards us.

I know that I've been given more than beyond measure. I come alive when I see beyond my fears. I know that I've been given more than earthly treasure. I come alive when I've broken down and given you control.

She chose to look at her surroundings where they "think missionary" mind-set.

As I've said before, I never understand why people ski down a slope to a bar and then go on a lift so they can ski down the same slope again. That's like walking to the pub on a Sunday, then going home and walking to the pub again. Madness.

I can't imagine that I would be terribly happy living in Afghanistan, either, though I dare say there is some satisfaction in going to bed thinking: 'Well, at least I wasn't shot today.

Although history is concerned with the past, it is conducted in the present.

This is perhaps one of the most important things I learned during this investigation: We see what we believe, and not just the contrary; and to change what we see, it is sometimes necessary to change what we believe.

One thing became clear as I thought back to my stay in Quirishari. Every time I had doubted one of my consultants' explanations, my understanding of the Ashaninca view of reality had seized up; conversely, on the rare occasions that I had managed to silence my doubts, my understanding of local reality had been enhanced — as if there were times when one had to believe in order to see, rather than the other way around.

We see what we believe, and not just the contrary; and to change what we see, it is sometimes necessary to change what we believe.

If I (Lou Reed) hadn't heard rock 'n' roll on the radio, I would have had no idea there was life on this planet. You know what I'm saying? Which would have been devastating - to think that everything everywhere was like it was where I came from. That would have been profoundly discouraging.

Is that where we're at? Finding joy in the prospect of slightly diminished atrocities?

You must understand the immense power of self-serving delusion." I

I mistakenly believed that my life had finally reached the peak of Crazy Bullshit Mountain. Hindsight

Choosing to narrow reality into a single belief system, based solely on human experience, seems insane to me. And

I am the creator of my own prism of infinite realities. Every one I peel back will lead to another. And I will never really be sure if any of them are real.

the ability for the same reality to vary drastically between different people was probably the root cause for some of history's greatest wars. If everyone on Earth experienced reality in the same way, there would be very little to disagree about. But

Studies have shown that people with high IQs are more likely to feel anxiety or depression because they see the world how it really is. Stupidity is nature's rose-tinted glasses. For most of my life, genius was tempered by negative emotions.

Never laugh at the man that asks 'stupid' questions. Just remember, when all of society thought the world was flat, a man once questioned, "What if the world was round?

No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition.