Quotes About Perspective

Did you ever get exactly what you want and find out it's not what you wanted at all?

My novel is about the history of the world, told from the point of view of a column of stone.

When you have been dead and buried Many things worry you But nothing frightens you.

Size doesn't matter whether small or big thats why a bird can be far and see a worm with its small eyes which u can't see from that height with your bigger eyes

The difference between a young man and a mature man is not the beard but the Brain(Reasoning) because even a young man can have beards but with shallow reasoning-Kizza Ronald-

The journey of life is confusing, you can always see where you have come from but you can't see where you are going.....Its blurred.

Quiere decir —preguntó— que no soy quien parezco ser? —No exactamente —contesté—, más bien que usted ha roto con su punto de partida, que, por así decirlo, se ha salido de su marco.

Ã…, det er et godt liv, sa han. Jeg svarte ikke. Synes du ikke? sa han. Jo, jo, sa jeg.

Verden er ikke som den var. Nå tar det for eksempel lenger tid å leve.

It had also become harder to discuss this with his colleagues. All too often Sammy's speeches about the importance of good neighborhoods and schools were met only with dismissive comments. It was self-evident, it was written on every wall, they seemed to say,

Knowledge of other people's beliefs and ways of thinking must be used to build bridges, not to create conflicts.

The changes are so profound that, from the perspective of human history, there has never been a time of greater promise or potential peril.

Many of our beliefs and assumptions about what the world could or should look like will be shattered in the process.

Technology is not an exogenous force over which we have no control. We are not constrained by a binary choice between "accept and live with it" and "reject and live without it". Instead, take dramatic technological change as an invitation to reflect about who we are and how we see the world.

If an observer can only make sense of the "reality" through different idiosyncratic lenses, this forces us to rethink our notion of objectivity.

What matters to African Americans is their situation today, not how much their condition has "improved" compared to 150 years ago when many of their ancestors lived in slavery

Truth is neither ojectivity nor the balanced view; truth is a selfless subjectivity.

Do not forget, some give little, and it is much for them, others give all, and it costs them no effort; who then has given most?

In the old days a poet once said" In the old days a poet once said our nation is destroyed yet the mountains and rivers survive Today's poet says the mountains and rivers are destroyed yet our nation survives Tomorrow's poet will say the mountains and rivers are destroyed our nation is destroyed and Alas! you and I are completely destroyed

Never forget: we walk on hell, gazing at flowers.

In this world we walk on the roof of hell, gazing at flowers

Non scordare: noi camminiamo sopra l'inferno, guardando i fiori.

Suicide is an escape from life. What is life? An escape from death. This means that each of us must die twice. There is the death waiting for us ahead, and the death that comes pursuing from behind.... Once you are free at least from the death that comes pursuing you, you can relax and enjoy life as you go along.

Everyone has his own philosophy that doesn't hold good for anybody else.