Quotes About Perspective

The value of life does not depend upon the place we occupy. It depends upon the way we occupy that place.

The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of the state of your mind.

Things don't change, only the way you look at them.

Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals choose the way they think.

Happiness depends on how you accept, understand and surrender to situations.

The only reason why you are unhappy is because you are trying to be happy.

The world in which you were born is just one model of reality. Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you; they are unique manifestations of the human spirit.

Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

Whether we laugh or cry, the days are going to pass by. So why not choose to laugh?

You think because you understand 'one' you must also understand 'two', because one and one make two. But you must also understand 'and'.

You are not a human being in search of a spiritual experience. You are a spiritual being immersed in a human experience.

It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.

If you knew the immensity of what it means to be human, you would not talk about God or Heaven.

Don't pole-vault over mouse turds.

Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously.

The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself.

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but thought about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking. Separate them from the situation, which is always neutral. It is as it is.

We are all prisoners but some of us are in cells with windows and some without.

Generally the theories we believe we call facts, and the facts we disbelieve we call theories.

The absence of consistent biblical worldview thinking is a key mark of spiritual immaturity.

The most difficult mental process of all is to consider objectively any concept which, if accepted as fact, will toss into discard a lifetime of training and experience.

The law of your mind is the law of belief. This means to believe in the way your mind works, to believe in belief itself.