2,376 Quotes About Perspective

A compassionate heart radiates rays of beauty that remove the clouds of million hearts.

I used to see the flaw in every diamond. Now stones astound me with their perfection.

The world of shoulders is one I know well. But now I could see clearly, my head level with all the others, an unobstructed view. Behind me the regular-sized girls were patiently, miserably tiptoeing and peering through the gaps between necks and shoulders. This is what it's like to be tall? I had said in wonder and indignation and envy. They just walk around, able to see everything. And they take it for granted.

What am I owed except the responsibility to see life as a gift?

The funny thing about money is that you can't take it with you, so don’t try to.

You can't change the world, without changing perspectives. My books, my work - its about doing just that.

Every leaf that taps against the attic window, every thorn that nestles against the bricks, is part of a barrier that keeps the twentieth century at bay. I have always taken a dim view of the twentieth century, so that I consider this to be a laudable amibition.

We sense the changes in stuff, not the stuff itself. it would be useless to have direct access to the "stuff" because in isolation it would mean absolutely nothing...much in the same way that a single water molecule doesn't tell us about whirlpools

I can't change the world, but I can always change my point of view.