Quotes About Perspective

Now you see,' said the turtle, drifting back into the pond, 'why it is useless to cry. Your tears do not wash away your sorrows. They feed someone else's joy. And that is why you must learn to swallow your own tears.

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

After all, Bao Bomu says, what is the past but what we choose to remember?

Wealth and beauty-whatever dangers they brought, one never wished them away.

I'm not worrying about the environment at the moment. I'm having enough trouble with my own.

Christian missionaries who seek to bring Jews the "good news of Jesus" do not do so because they hate Jews; they do so because they love Jews. On the other hand, the message that Jews are not "complete" or "fulfilled" unless they accept Jesus as the Messiah is not likely to be received by most Jews with great warmth; it is tantamount to telling Christians that their religion is incomplete or erroneous without acceptance of the Qur'an. Thus,

If one person contends that there is no anti-Jewish teaching in the New Testament but another insists that there is, who's right? Who gets to speak? Unlike Nazi newspapers and KKK pamphlets, the New Testament prompts different reactions from people of goodwill. For

Instead of shepherds, Matthew presents the Magi, who, despite "we three kings of Orient are," are not necessarily three, not necessarily all men, certainly not kings, and most certainly not wise.

There is little reason to argue over who has the correct reading here. Isaiah's words will mean, and should mean, different things to different people over time. Moreover, different translations necessarily give rise to different interpretations, and translation itself is an act of interpretation.

one always goes "up" to Jerusalem; one could be on the moon and still go "up" to Jerusalem

polemics can sometimes be constructive.43 Averil Cameron notes that some polemics help sharpen arguments and consolidate knowledge.44 Polemics also tell us what is at stake for the individual or group issuing the invectives.

Le poisson ne vous dira pas que le pêcheur pêche, mais vous dira qu'il est en train de tuer

There are many versions of a story. Many sides and lenses that can distort, change, illuminate what is seen and unseen. What is heard and unheard. What is felt and unfelt. In the end, truth is but a facet of a diamond, a spark of ray from the sun, a forget-me-not flower seen from the eyes of a bee. What lives and breathes as reality is a perception, so who is to say what is possible and impossible?

A dollar for afternoon dreams is expensive and cheap.

We are truly blind, we see another man different." "God created us in his image, not different.

And if you believe in God, I think She doesn't work that way either.

Ningún arcoíris es del todo inocente

Sí, acabo de comprender, mi buen aprendiz. El dinero se necesita, ya que el mundo está así montado. Pero el dinero vale por lo que da a cambio y no se le debe amar en sí.

Amigo, yo bien sé lo que hacen los hombres con los vencidos". Y no era más que una frase. Nada más. ¿Qué sé yo de lo que hacen los hombres con los vencidos…? ¿Quiénes son, al fin y al cabo, los vencidos? ¿Me creí acaso, entonces, vencido? No: no lo pensé suiquiera. Yo mantenía mi esperanza.

Como ler - essa é uma grande questão que vamos encontrando a toda hora nesse mergulho pelos livros essenciais. Ler criticamente é uma das respostas. Significa que não se lê para concordar servilmente em atitude reverente, mas também não se lê para discordar e refutar num eterno desafio.

A morte para mim é mais um desgosto, não um medo. O medo é uma das coisas que nos faz valorizar a vida. Mas como é que podes ter medo do inevitável? Seria como ter medo do amanhecer.

I see the glass half full and thank God for what I have.

Making the ungrateful grateful will bring tears to your eyes, tears of blood bleeding from the heart.

Good thing I'm aging, otherwise I'd be dead.