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Quotes About Perspective

The great majority of men use their own short-sighted ideas as a yardstick for measuring the divine omnipotence.
~ Therese of Lisieux
His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.
~ Elie Wiesel
Both faith and cynicism make judgment too easy.
~ Mason Cooley
Just because we don't see a reason for evil and suffering doesn't mean there's not a reason for it.
~ Timothy Keller
Faith is a wondrous thing; it is not only capable of moving mountains, but also of making you believe that a herring is a race horse.
~ Arthur Koestler
We human beings instinctively regard the seen world as the "real" world and the unseen world as the "unreal" world, but the Bible calls for almost the opposite.
~ Philip Yancey
For ridding oneself of faith is like boiling seawater to retrieve the salt--something is gained but something is lost.
~ Zadie Smith
I am sensitive to the value of faith and religion and spirituality in people's lives because I'm a journalist.
~ Peter Jennings
Most atheists bristle at the thought that atheism has anything to do with faith, but not Penn Jillette.
~ Ray Comfort
Through faith we learn to believe the evidence of our eyes.
~ Robert Breault
I'd say, probably, intellectually I've drawn as much from Judaism as any other faith.
~ Barack Obama
Sometimes my faith becomes more sensitive to how people feel, as opposed to what needs to be.
~ Derek Luke
Being a journalist got me to meet with children who had witnessed all their beliefs, all their faith in the world collapse.
~ Unknown
In one era the majority puts its faith and sympathy with the bullfighter, in another with the bull.
~ Unknown
Reason and faith are both banks of the same river.
~ Domenico Cieri
Small moments we find so pointless can become cherished memories with time and the perspective that wisdom brings.
~ Brandy Nacole, Broken Faith
Be careful with your faith !It could make you see the good side of hell on earth.
~ Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
If life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels it is a victory to him who believes.
~ Anonymous
The relation of faith between subject and object is unique in every case. Hundreds may believe but each has to believe by himself.
~ W. H. Auden
I must not imagine what is 'not' as a means of escaping what 'is'. Rather, I must understand what 'is' and imagine how I can make it what it is 'not'.
~ Craig D. Lounsbrough
Dear parents, I am fully aware that 'money doesn't grow on trees.' Sincerely, that is why I'm asking you for it.
~ Unknown
No matter how busy a man is, he is never too busy to stop and talk about how busy he is.
~ Kahlil Gibran
The irony is that we are busy doing many things that don't matter and we have no time for things that do. Shouldnt we reverse it?-RVM
~ Unknown
I get so stressed out when my week is really busy, even though when it's not I always complain about being bored.
~ Unknown