Perspective Quotes

"There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke" "Change yourself and your work will seem different" "Our view of the world is truly shaped by what we decide to hear" "Let men see what they want to see." "I was a peripheral visionary. I could see the future, but only way off to the side." "The power to change the way others see us comes from changing the way we see ourselves." "The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything." "To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual." "One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things." "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change" "The only thing that can never be taken from you is the way you choose to respond to something" "Peace is the result of retraining your mind to process life as it is, rather than as you think it should be" "When a good thing goes bad, it's not the end of the world" "Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time" "Trust that there is more than one way to see something. Trust that there is more than one way to be" "You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you." "Errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous." "An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves." "Always look on the bright side of life" "I reject your reality and substitute my own"