Quotes about Perspective

It isn't that they can't see the solution, it's that they can't see the problem.

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

And Noah he often said to his wife when he sat down to dine,"I don't care where the water goes if it doesn't get into the wine."

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people.

One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.

The perspective of Thomas' confession - 'My Lord and God' - must prevail through all our thinking and all our reinterpretations ... All reinterpretation should be tested by whether it can participate in this confession.

One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.

When God does not supply our motivation, we tend to major in the minors and minor in the majors.

This season in your life can be so productive spiritually if you use it to allow God to break you, shape you, and remake you," she told him. "We're always looking at what our spouses have done wrong, but God wants to deal with our own hearts first.

When truth is rejected, spend your time on those who will receive it instead of begging closed-hearted people to reconsider.

What if I ran all my actions through this grid: "If my son-in-law treated my daughter the way I'm treating my wife, how would I feel?" Men, that's the way what you're doing looks like to God. Women, just switch the genders. Imagine hearing your (perhaps future) daughter-in-law talking to her friends about your son with the same tone and words you use to describe your husband: How does that feel?

Prayer is how we make sense of our lives in the light of eternity.