Quotes About Perspective

Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today.

The growth of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement.

Opinion is not knowledge. You're entitled to your own opinion but you're not entitled to your own facts.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

Your perspective is always limited by how much you know. Expand your knowledge and you will transform your mind.

I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

I always hung around older dudes. I feel like I was more wise and I just had more knowledge of what was going on.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Having all the answers just means you've been asking boring questions.

It is very unfair to judge any body's conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.

Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is 'The Book of British Birds,' and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology.

They don't understand that a slice of the pie isn't the whole pie - but they wonder why they are always hungry

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

Todo es justificable desde el propio punto de vista, y cada cual tiene el suyo, cargarse de razón es muy fácil.

No hay trabajo malo mientras no haya otro mejor'.

La felicidad se escurre, no tiene forma, se escapa por una rendija sin que lo percibamos. Es difícil reconocerla, y cuando nos damos cuenta de que nos bañamos en ella, es porque ya nos falta.

Escribir es renunciar a lo que uno es y ponerse al servicio de vidas ajenas que te susurran al oído.

Keep your eyes open. Look at the world without prejudice, pay attention to your sources, and decide for yourself where the truth lies. That is the greatness of the path I'm offering you.

Cuidado, creo que se me está empezando a aflojar algún tornillo. Eso es lo malo que tiene la soledad, que ves el mundo al revés y acabas perdiendo tornillos y volviéndote loco.

Se queda un momento en silencio, casi puedo oír el zumbido de lo que está pensando y me explica por fin que no sólo hay una realidad, sino muchas distintas, que cada hombre tiene la suya, y que no siempre coincide su realidad con la del prójimo.

Let us be a little humble let us think that the truth may not perhaps be entirely with us.

You don't change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall.

I am getting old and the sign of old age is that I begin to philosophize and ponder over problems which should not be my concern at all.

A theory must be tempered with reality.