2,376 Quotes About Perspective

Whatever we think about the future, whatever plans we make, however, we foresee certain events happening, there is some force out there that can completely change all of that. Travelling, it probably gives you more opportunities to be surprised. Do it for enough time, for long stretches, and if you are blessed enough, you may learn how to not attempt to anticipate the future, and instead live more in the present, and let the future come to you by itself.

I have mine and you have yoursIt's needed in a paintingBut in the end none agree onthe meaning of the thing.

Universe can be imagined as a huge residential building. The view is different from different floors and apartments.Humanity is just one floor. A belief system is just one apartment on this floor. Free yourself from self-imposed limits. Whole building is yours!

Perception trumps reality. People react to what they think is occurring, which isn’t necessarily the same thing as what’s truly happening.

Besides, thought the girl, what miracle didn't look ridiculous while it was happening? If a miracle was ordinary, it would be like, just, so what?

Life is as hard as you are determined to make it.

Take a step back. Life gets distorted when you examine things from too close up.

All this time, she had thought of him as her persecutor and herself as the maligned victim of his pride, intimidated into submission because she refused to hurt him. But Ramin had been living in a different story, with himself as the hero, protecting his family from a demon in their midst that only he could recognize.

Instead of gearing up for a fight, try gearing up to listen. A fight will gain you nothing of worth. Listening, however, will grant insight into another person’s perspective, which may well gain you a valuable gem of understanding.