Quotes About Perspective

There are so many kinds of reality, and so many secret openings in the walls we think are mute.

I write woman: woman must write woman. And man, man. So only an oblique consideration will be found here of man; it's up to him to say where his masculinity and femininity are at: this will concern us once men have opened their eyes and seen themselves clearly.

In a relationship to the other, there is everything that is not of the same, of the same that is not, and of the other that he or she is. Generally, one notices all the same that he or she is not. It is much easier. It is harder to see the other he or she is. That is where the real work begins.

Cats are people, and the sooner the world accepts that fact, the better off the world will be.

Everything has to be at once for six-month-old puppies, six-year-old children, and reformers of any age.

NAUDSONCE Bishop Berkeley's famous question about the sound of a falling tree may have no standing in Science. But there is a highly interesting question about "sound" that Science needs to consider....

My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view.

The crisis of today is the joke of tomorrow.

At times I suffer from the strangest sense of detachment from myself and the world about me; I seem to watch it all from the outside, from somewhere inconceivably remote, out of time, out of space, out of the stress and tragedy of it all.

Beauty is in the heart of the beholder.

The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow.

When starting out, don't worry about not having enough money. Limited funds are a blessing, not a curse. Nothing encourages creative thinking in quite the same way.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.

I've learned that it doesn't matter how your husband squeezes the toothpaste, the important thing is how he squeezes you.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems.

Practice empathy. Try to see things from other people's points of view.

Remember that a minute of anger denies you sixty seconds of happiness. 1248

Just because you earn a decent wage, don't look down on those who don't. To put things in perspective, consider what would happen to the public good if you didn't do your job for 30 days. Then, consider the consequences if sanitation workers didn't do their jobs for 30 days. Now, whose job is more important?

Count your blessings. Don't confuse mere inconveniences with real problems.

Pay as much attention to the things that are working positively in your life as you do to those that are giving you trouble.

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost

Do you always want to be right, or do you want to be happy

Anyhow, the hole in the doughnut is at least digestible.