Quotes About Perspective

Science, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.

All right, he thought, so the details were not perfect. But maybe, in a sense, that was part of the magic, too.

The past was a jigsaw puzzle and you never had all the pieces.

You know, my dear, you're wrong that suffering ennobles people.... It simply makes one cross.

A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.

It is one thing to speak of embracing the new, the fresh, the strange. It is another to feel that one is an insect, crawling across a page of the Encyclopedia Britannica, knowing only that something vast is passing by beneath, all without your sensing more than a yawning vacancy.

Remembering a narrative alters it.

Here is what we seek: a compassion that can stand in awe at what the poor have to carry rather than stand in judgment at how they carry it.

Close both eyes see with the other one. Then we are no longer saddled by the burden of our persistent judgments our ceaseless withholding our constant exclusion. Our sphere has widened and we find ourselves quite unexpectedly in a new expansive location in a place of endless acceptance and infinite love.

How much greater is the God we have than the one we think we have.

Wed like to agree with you. He glanced at Arthur. We cant, however, Arthur said. For the moment, then, amicable disagreement and open minds.

Having ones eyes opened doesnt make one grateful.

You know the difference between news and gossip, don't you? News tells you what people did. Gossip tells you how much they enjoyed it.

Optimism is the first cousin of love, and it's exactly like love in three ways: it's pushy, it has no real sense of humour, and it turns up where you least expect it.

What you focus on and the way you think will determine the way you live.

Purpose gives perspective to your pain and powers you through it. Without it, your pain can paralyze you.

The master principles of expectations management are the following: Get buy-in Take care of business Communicate the big picture Listen and be alert Take the stakeholders' perspective Never assume

Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.

I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes... let it go!

A liberal is a man who is right most of the time, but he's right too soon.

Not all engagement with our past is characterized by crisis.

If your gaze takes in the world, a person's a puny thing. If a person is all you see, the rest falls away and she becomes the world.

Entertainment is all right, but entertainment with an idea behind it is much more important.

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.