Quotes About Perspective

Jak mawia? Swami Bodhidharma: "nie mo?esz mie? ?adnej nowej rzeczy, dopóki nie pozb?dziesz si? starych rzeczy". Innymi s?owy, kiedy nic ci nie idzie, mo?e nale?y spojrze? na dany problem z innej strony.

Edgar Allan Poe widzia? kruka jako starego, brzydkiego, z?owrogiego ptaka. W zachodniej literaturze wiele jest takich negatywnych odniesie?. Jednak z symbolami jest tak, jak z innymi rzeczami w ?yciu cz?owieka: co dla jednego jest zbawieniem, dla drugiego mo?e by? gwo?dziem do trumny.

System jest jak ogon prawdy, a prawda jest jak jaszczurka, zostawia swój ogon w twoich r?kach i bierze nogi za pas, wiedz?c, ?e nowy ogon uro?nie jej w mgnieniu oka". Tak to wyrazi? Iwan Sergiejewicz Turgieniew, znakomity pisarz rosyjski. A tak to przedstawi? Chris: Czasami rzeczywisto?? bywa z?udna. A tak Rashomon Kurosawy: "je?li chodzi o rzeczywisto??, to tak naprawd? ona nie istnieje".

Je?li wam to pomo?e, to uprzedzenia s? rzecz? nabyt?. Zwi?zane s? z kultur?, w jakiej dany cz?owiek zosta? wychowany. Nauczy?e? si? ich jak tabliczki mno?enia. Oznacza to, ?e teraz mo?esz si? ich oduczy?.

Maar nu ben ik heusch zoo dwaas niet meer: ik hoû alleen veel van lezen en is dat nu zoo 'esthetisch'?

Plotseling omhuiverde Lucius de heilige vrees voor Wat Is Geweest. En kwam hem klein voor, zijn eigen leven en leed...

Voelde zij, dat het leven over alles wat van ons is, geluk of smart, heenradert met zijn onverschillige jubelkarren en dat het maar het beste is om niets te geven en te voelen, ook niets?

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

The logic of words should yield to the logic of realities.

History is the propaganda of the victors.

The amazing thing since so many variables enter into historical judgments, is not that historians disagree but that they agree as often as they do.

The sun never knew how great it was until it hit the side of a building.

When a scientist views things, he's not considering the incredible at all.

The only reason I always try to meet and know the parents better is because it helps me to forgive their children.

Once you have money, you can quite truthfully affirm that money isn't everything.

A book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.

A mistake constantly made by those who should know better is to judge people of the past by our standards rather than their own. The only way men or women can be judged is against the canvas of their own time.

There aren't any other times or worlds. That's how everything gets messed up, thinking like that.

Het was een vergissing vanwege de juf, te denken dat alleen de dingen die in de boeken staan interessant zijn. Ook deze, die er nog niet in staan, zijn merkwaardig.

understanding the excitement that drove this religion requires that we consider always the perspectives of the faithful.

You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy.

In a way, it made him sad. He couldn't help but think that a hundred times zero was still nothing.

People tell me, "You're such an optimist". Am I an optimist? An optimist says the glass is half full. A pessimist says the glass is half empty. A survivalist is practical. He says, "Call it what you want, but just fill the glass." I believe in filling the glass.

Sometimes what we see as a loss turns out in the end to be a gain, and sometimes a gain is a loss. I try not to be too swift to pass judgment on any situation, preferring instead to be patient and take the long view because I believe that in the end all things work together for good.