Quotes About Perspective

Beware of anyone who claims to be neutral, for they always have an agenda.

We are like fruitflies, measuring everything in terms of our own lifespan. But since our lifespans are so short, our perspective is entirely wrong. God, who inhabits eternity, sees things differently. He knows that our lives are just a mist. We should trust Him. It was not that long ago that Jesus came and it will not be that long before He returns.

Know something about the world, and by this I mean the world outside of books. This might require joining the Marines, or working on an oil rig or as a hash slinger at a truck stop in Kentucky. Know what it smells like out there. If everything you write smells like a library, then your prospective audience will be limited to those who like the smell of libraries.

I have often told people that they need to evaluate their lives by the video, and not by the snapshot. That is, they should not just look at one moment in time, but rather consider trajectories, tendencies, and narrative arc as well.

The independence of art from worldview and worldview concerns is a myth. Every work of art is produced within a framework of worldview assumptions.

The fact that you can't remember things doesn't mean that you haven't been shaped by them.

Whenever you look in front and see a lot of people ahead of you, take time to look at the long queue behind you. Let us live a life of contentment.

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. -Dr. Seuss

Oh you liked the movie? The book is better

A Chinese proverb goes: "We do not live for a hundred years but worry enough for a thousand" (Char, 1970, p. 15).

We can only find "true peace of mind" by accepting that life is alternately bitter and sweet (Morita, 1928/1998, p. 87).

Happiness is dependent on our circumstances; Joy is dependent on our relationship.

Be grateful. Don't always complain about never having enough time, because I know you do. I always complain as well about the time issue, but instead be grateful you have time at all. Don't focus on the negatives, but the positives of the time you do have. What will you do with that time? That is the question you need to ask yourself.

What the person, who knows the truth, will speak, will not be understood by the person who does not know the truth.

So it is not age that is threatened by youth, but the other way around. Youth is threatened by age.

juzgas la realidad de otros no podrás evitar juzgar la tuya propia.

De esta forma se puede afirmar que el yo tiene una existencia real desde el punto de vista relativo pero irreal desde una perspectiva absoluta.

In the early days of my career, I always wrote with skeptics in mind, trying to make sure they would approve of my work.

Each one writes history according to his convenience.

Man is multiplied by the "number of languages" he possesses and speaks. (Los Viajes!)

Love is an obsessive delusion that is cured by marriage.

One of the most untruthful things possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because they can be made to appear so many different ways.

Do not condemn the man that cannot think or act as fast as you can, because there was a time when you could not do things as well as you can today.

You are what you think you are