Quotes about Perspective
Second, that both the longest-lived and the earliest to die suffer the same loss. It is only the present moment of which either stands to be deprived: and if indeed this is all he has, he cannot lose what he does not have.
— Marcus Aurelius
Consider how much more pain is brought on us by the anger and vexation caused by such acts than by the acts themselves, at which we are angry and vexed
— Marcus Aurelius
External things are not the problem. It's your assessment of them, which you can erase right now
— Marcus Aurelius
What is outside the scope of my mind has absolutely no concern with my mind. Learn this lesson and thou standest erect.
— Marcus Aurelius
Harbour no such opinions as he holds who does thee violence, or as he would have thee hold. See things in all their naked reality.
— Marcus Aurelius
Accustom yourself to attend closely to what is said by others, and as far as possible to penetrate into the mind of the speaker.
— Marcus Aurelius
Think not so much of what thou hast not as of what thou hast: but of the things which thou hast select the best, and then reflect how eagerly they would have been sought, if thou hadst them not.
— Marcus Aurelius
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
— Marcus Aurelius
Most mothers worry when their daughters reach adolescence but I was the opposite. I relaxed, I sighed with relief. Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life sized.
— Margaret Atwood
Freedom, like everything else, is relative.
— Margaret Atwood
How were we to know we were happy?
— Margaret Atwood
Mary: Some call this Eve's curse, but I think that is stupid because the real curse of Eve was having to put up with the nonsense of Adam.
— Margaret Atwood