Quotes About Perspective

Love, Allie concluded, wasn't blind, it simply saw alternate dimensions.

There's the answer, but an answer means nothing if the world doesn't first hear the question.

But like so many things, once we had possession of infinite knowledge, it suddenly seemed less important. Less urgent. Yes, we know everything, but I often wonder if anyone bothers to look at all that knowledge

In a perfect world everything would be either black or white, right or wrong, and everyone would know the difference. But it isn't a perfect world. The problem is people who think it is.

Entweder geschehen die Dinge aus einem bestimmten Grund oder sie geschehen einfach so. Entweder ist das Leben eines Menschen ein Faden in einem prächtigen Teppich oder die Menschheit ist einfach nur ein hoffnungslos verheddertes Knäuel. Miracolina hat immer an den Teppich geglaubt, und jetzt schätzt sie sich glücklich, dass sie einen Blick in seine kleinste Ecke erhaschen durfte.

Sin la amenaza del sufrimiento no podemos experimentar la verdadera felicidad.

Which is worse, I wonder - watching everyone you know fall into that ravine, or shaking their reality with such force that it ruins them

The fact that we can't see the logic shows our limitations, not the Thunderhead's.

Which is worse, I wonder- watching everyone you know fall into a ravive, or shaking their reality with such force that it ruins them.

Which is worse, I wonder- watching everyone you know fall into a ravine, or shaking their reality with such force that it ruins them.

She would have asked the man why he stayed if he so disliked it here, but she knew the answer. He stayed because his greatest joy in life was to complain.

People live with blinders too; but ours are invisible, and much more sophisticated. Most of the time we don't even know they're there. Maybe we need them, though, because if we took in everything all at once, we'd lose our minds. Or worse, our souls. We'd see, we'd hear

Sometimes finding the obvious means coming in with no expectations.

Without the threat of suffering, we can't experience true joy. The best we get is pleasantness.

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In our corruption we perceive beauties unrevealed to ancient times.

Celui qui regarde du dehors à travers une fenêtre ouverte, ne voit jamais autant de choses que celui qui regarde une fenêtre fermée.

Para el niño, amante de mapas y grabados, el universo es igual a su inmenso apetito. ¡Ah, qué grande es el mundo a la luz de las lámparas!, ¡qué pequeño es el mundo a los ojos del recuerdo!

We don't even ask happiness, just a little less pain.

Life's as kind as you let it be.

I guess the only time most people think about injustice is when it happens to them.

I was glad I wasn't in love, that I wasn't happy with the world. I like being at odds with everything. People in love often become edgy, dangerous. They lose their sense of perspective. They lose their sense of humor. They become nervous, psychotic bores. They even become killers.

It was better for me when I could imagine greatness in others, even if it wasn't always there.

Beware Those Who Are ALWAYS READING BOOKS