Quotes About Perspective

Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.

If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for to the creator there is no poverty and no poor indifferent place.

I'm about as big a star as the Baha'i faith has got, which is pretty pathetic.

Do not try to do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than that you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not to win it for them. Actually, also, under the very odd conditions of Arabia, your practical work will not be as good as, perhaps, you think it is.

They belong to one another because, to use Gandhi's language, they drink the same water, breathe the same air and eat the same soil's produce. And because they share the same history, even while often looking at it from clashing angles.

Little faith sees God's hand in great things. Established faith sees God's hand in little things.

As I indicated, I do not believe that any chair, however elegant, contributes significantly to life or solves problems that can be considered major by anyone who is not minor.

Sure, you're entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong you are.

Unlocking individual change starts and ends with the mental maps people carry in their heads-how they see the organization and their jobs.

A comfortable rut and a grave are very much alike. The only real difference is the dimensions.

We look too much to museums. The sun coming up in the morning is enough.

My father's a heart surgeon but you don't see me going around cutting up people's hearts!" Christopher retorted. He scratched his head. "Though actually that might be kind of fun!

The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.

said, "All life is…and cannot be judged good or bad.

Some things have to be believed in to be seen.

You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for anybody's damn sermon,

Not to complain about being poor in actual fact reveals true poverty of spirit

One can possess joy in a prison cell as well as in a palace. The

The young see things in black and white while the favorite adverb of the aged is "perhaps.

Every time I see something terrible, it's like I see it at age 19. I keep a freshness that way.

A Christian man ponders eternity for decades, only to find it's fifteen minutes long.

severe depression as well as depersonalization disorder, which is to say he no longer felt in control of his feelings, emotions, or behaviors. He was aware of his actions, but felt he was watching them from a third-person perspective. I recommended he take corrective action to reduce the depression and anxiety he was experiencing.

You send your child to the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys who educate him.

You never know how you look through other people's eyes.