Quotes About Perspective

God rarely allows a person to see how great a blessing he is to others.

My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone, but agnosticism about everything.

Surely if God had meant us to do yoga, he would have put our heads behind our knees.

Self-image, the concept we have of ourselves, must begin not by looking in the mirror but by looking into the face of God.

we know God is dead, they've told us, but listening to you I wasn't sure.

Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

Paul's words are not the Words of God. They are the words of Paul- a vast difference.

I do believe that Muslims and Christians and Jews pray to the same God. And yet they understand who God is in significantly different ways.

The reason so many of us struggle so intensely with adversity is that we have yet to adopt God's perspective and priorities.

Don't create theology about God so that you can feel better about Him.

When I try to describe myself to God I say, 'Lord, remember me? Black? Female? Six-foot tall? The writer?' And I almost always get God's attention.

Don't look for God where He is needed most; if you didn't bring Him there, He isn't there.

I knew a mathematician who said 'I do not know as much as God. But I know as much as God knew at my age'.

If you ask children in the west where's God, they'd point to the sky. If you ask children in India, they point at themselves.

Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

Religion is the most powerful alternative to God.

... The wise in all ages... have tried to learn one thing only, and that was resignation to the Will of God. By doing this, they have reached a stage at which they could see from God's point of view.

Every moment I live, I live bowed to something. And if I don't see God, I'll bow down before something else.

Atheists does not believe in God. God also does not believe in Atheists

Because God is better than we think we have to change the way we think.

Even if you don't believe in God, exploring fully the idea of a God or Gods should pose no threat to you.

I want God, not my idea of God.

If you want to know where God is, ask a drunk.

Becoming obsessed with what people think is the quickest way to forget about what God thinks.