Quotes About Perspective

Every mundanity of life grows infinitely more precious in the face of impending death.

An absence of fear, Elisa realizes, can be mistaken for happiness, but it isn't the same thing. Not even close.

What would feeling like somebody feel like? To suddenly exist not only in your world, but someone else's as well?

History is written by the victor.

Like most of the well-intentioned privileged Elisa has met, he has no grasp of the priorities of the servile, how all they want is to get through a shift without trouble.

Soy un romántico desilusionado o un pesimista esperanzado. Cualquiera de las dos cosas.

Los mortales no entienden que la vida no es un libro que cierras solo cuando has leído la última página. No existe tal cosa en el Libro de la Vida, ya que la última página siempre es la misma de la historia siguiente.

It's always just a few who know where to look and how to listen, that is true. But for the best stories, a few are just enough.

el Distrito Federal es mi ciudad favorita, amo esta ciudad y por eso puedo decir que está más fea que antes. Creo que es la ciudad más horrible del mundo. ¿Y sabe qué? Eso me gusta.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but its creation is in the mind and hand of the artist.

I was reorienting my focus and soon came to realize that I was really experiencing yet another start to my understanding of China.

They often took a difficulty I had and turned it into an amusing little anecdote. They would take a deadly seriousness, my seriousness, and turn it into a great laugh that they would then let out into the room. What kind of people were they to do that? The amusing anecdote had sharp edges, flew into me and scratched my soul.

The great physicist Niels Bohr said, "There are two types of truth. In the shallow type, the opposite of a true statement is false. In the deeper kind, the opposite of a true statement is equally true.

I found my way to street level and into what optimists call 'fresh air

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

Even kings and emperors, with mountains of property and oceans of wealth - these are not even equal to an ant, who does not forget God.

Life is a combination of happiness and pain. Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional. Having a broad perspective on life gives you the strength to move forward through painful times. Know that you are very much needed in this world. With all its infinite possibilities, this life is a gift for it can become a fountain of joy and happiness not just for oneself but for many others as well.

I had never had a positive leading character - somebody that wasn't an antihero, or who wasn't more of a guy that you're supposed to be on the side of.

My aim in this book has been throughout an historical, not an apologetic aim.

The dead only know one thing. It is better to be alive.... I'm so happy that I am alive, in one piece and short. I'm in a world of shit...yes. But I am alive. And I am not afraid

To je zabluda. Knjiga ne može da zameni svet. To je nemogu?no. U životu sve ima svoj smisao i svoj zadatak koji ne mogu bez ostatka biti ispunjeni ne?im drugim. Nije mogu?no, na primer, proživeti nešto posredstvom nekog zamenika. Tako je i sa svetom i knjigom. Pokušavamo da život zatvorimo u knjige kao pticu peva?icu u kavez. Ali, u tome ne uspevamo. Naprotiv! ?ovek od knjiških apstrakcija ne izgra?uje ništa drugo nego sistem u vidu kaveza za sebe.

Shouldn't we be speaking of something more important than life and death?

One mustn't ask apple trees for oranges, France for sun, women for love, life for happiness.

There are neither good nor bad subjects. From the point of view of pure Art, you could almost establish it as an axiom that the subject is irrelevant, style itself being an absolute manner of seeing things.