Perspective Quotes

"It's not a matter of what is true that counts but a matter of what is perceived to be true." "If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars." "It is by no means an irrational fancy that in a future existence we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream" "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night" "The road uphill and the road downhill are one and the same" "He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another" "It is easy to be brave from a safe distance" "Genius... is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one." "Above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." "A bit of advice given to a young Native American at the time of his initiation: As you go the way of life, you will see a great chasm Jump It is not as wide as you think" "There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast " "A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" "We have so much time and so little to do Scratch that reverse it" "There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts" "Life is whatever we make of it. The traveler is the journey. What we see isn't what we see but what we are." "What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness" "The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are" "Everything is clearer when you're in love" "Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter" "The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes"