Perspective Quotes

"There is no light without shadow, just as there is no happiness without pain" "The longer I live, the more uninformed I feel. Only the young have an explanation for everything" "Reading is equivalent to thinking with someone else's head instead of with one's own" "Life without pain has no meaning" "Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful " "Life is long if you know how to use it " "Humor is laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it" "It isn't what you have or who you are or where you are or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about it" "You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough" "The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way" "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years" "Lord, stamp eternity on my eyeballs" "If you focus on the small things, it prevents you from seeing the big picture" "The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place " "Just when you think it can't get any worse, it does. But I've learned that life is a balance. You can't have good without the bad." "Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some" "To understand just one life you have to swallow the world" "Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems" "The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good." "No, not rich. I am a poor man with money, which is not the same thing."