Quotes about Perspective

It also reminds me of an organizing principle: Anybody who is experiencing something is more expert in it than the experts.

Being graded for memorizing male accomplishments with the deep message that we can learn what others do but never do it ourselves.

Taking away the good is even more lethal than pointing out the bad.

Altogether, I can't imagine technology replacing bookstores completely, any more than movies about a country replace going there.

Women are always saying, "We can do anything that men can do." But men are not saying, "We can do anything that women can do.

It is said that the biggest determinant of our lives is whether we see the world as welcoming or hostile. This becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Part of traveling over years means coming back to the same place and knowing it for the first time.

I soon developed myopia and a firm belief that people in books were not only more interesting but more real than people outside of books.

The older I get, the more intensely I feel about the world around me.

Those without money learn the valuable lesson that money doesn't cure all woes. Instead, it may actually insulate and isolate.

Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others...By and large, I have come to see that if we complain about life, it is because we are thinking only of ourselves.

Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight.