Quotes About Perspective

But how glum he looks now. She threw some daisies at him. Then, after a pause, she added mockingly: It's hunger, my dear. Good Lord, how dependent men are on food!

There are lives to be lived if only you didn't care. Care for what, for what; the opinion of mankind, money, success, hotel lobbies, health, umbrellas, Uneeda biscuits . . .?

While his bread remains sweet, his novels may be as bitter as he likes.

Think, man, think of all the oceans of lies through all the ages that must have been necessary to make this possible! Think of this new particular vintage of lies that has been so industriously pumped out of the press and the pulpit. Doesn't it stagger you? Martin

Whatever is, is in its causes just; But purblind man Sees but a part o' th' chain; the nearest link; His eyes not carrying to that equal beam That poises all above.

If others in the same Glass better see 'Tis for Themselves they look, but not for me: For my Salvation must its Doom receive Not from what others, but what I believe.

When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.

The problem with nostalgia is what we tend to do is only remember what you like and you forget the parts you didn't like

The balancing act we parents attempt is convincing our children: 1. You are loved more than you can imagine. 2. The world does not revolve around you.

Simone Weil was absolutely right- beauty and affliction are the only two things that can pierce our hearts. Because this is so true, we must have a measure of beauty in our lives proportionate to our affliction. No more. Much more. Is this not God's prescription for us? Just take a look around.

Child," said the Voice, "I am telling you your story, not hers. I tell no one any story but his own.

There are two kinds of people in this world; the clueless and the repentant, those who are open to looking at their life, and those who are not, both that know they need God to change them, and those that expect EVERYONE else to change.

If one of you is walking through a dark valley personally of course it affects the marriage. But it is not about the marriage.

Reading the prophets, says Yancey, is like hearing a lovers' quarrel through the apartment wall.

You will not think clearly about your life until you think mythically. Until you see with the eyes of your heart.

Somehow, somewhere between our youth and yesterday, efficiency has taken the place of adventure.

Story is how we figure things out, bring order and meaning to the events around us. The story we hold at any given time shapes our perceptions, hopes, and expectations; it gives us a place to stand.

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.

We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.

We must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent nor omniscient, that we cannot impose our will upon the other 94 percent of mankind, that we cannot right every wrong or reverse every adversity, and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem.

When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the nation's greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable.

there are few if any issues where all the truth and all the right and all the angels are on one side.

They are, mostly, sane people who are telling their story truthfully.