Quotes About Perspective

I have a good friend who says, "We're all just dodging bullets." It seems to me the trick to living a good life is to try to move away from the gun you turn on yourself.

I think that pain gives us appreciation of joy - it's a package deal. And I definitely think that the joys of life far outweigh the pain.

Look at the big picture of the wheel of life. Above it, there is a Buddha. He is pointing, not towards the wheel, but away from it. He is indicating that there is something else - nirvana.

There is something to this fabric of life that is beautiful. If you find the world unpleasant, I don't think that is wisdom. That is a sign of a lack of wisdom.

life is always bringing unexpected gifts.

Whoa. If high school was suppose to be the best years of my life - at least so far - I was truly destined to have a sucky adulthood.

It is certain that most who concentrate upon achievement miss life.

Have to and get to?both are choices. One is negative and one is positive. Choose the right one and it can change your life.

I think the story of 'Alice in Wonderland' in a way is a reminder that life is frightening, it can shift on you at any moment.

Whether the events in our life are good or bad, greatly depends on the way we perceive them.

And I'm a really happy person, I enjoy life. I think you see that on people. I think there's nothing more aging than misery.

I still feel like the same person, in every way - it is just some of my surroundings have changed and there are lots of new people in my life.

The past is dead except for the life you give it

I always see the absurdity in most situations. It's my experience of how life works.

I'm really enjoying growing up. I feel like so much of my life was in an existential crisis when I was young, and I don't feel as bogged down by that anymore.

Life isn't, and has never been, a 2-0 home victory after a fish and chip lunch.

Anything and everything you can think of can turn your life around.

You're born, you die. Everything in between is subject to interpretation.

I've decided that my motto in life is "Get off my lawn." It's the right answer to everything.

I am who I am, I enjoy life in my own way and that is hell of a lot more than most people can say for themselves

It is the simplest fact of Indian life: there are too many Indians.

Believing that power is much more important than money and that money is much more important than happiness.

It is better to learn early of the inevitable depths, for then sorrow and death can take their proper place in life, and one is not afraid.

How you approach the problem of suffering depends on how you approach life itself. There are only two ways. Either meaning is surrounded by matter, or matter is surrounded by meaning.