Quotes about Perspective

We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places.

I grew up knowing only war, so for me, it was the way things were. It wasn't pleasant by any means.

Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new.

Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile.

For ninety per cent of those who view him from outside, the Christian God looks like a great landowner administering his estates, the world. Now this conventional picture, which is too well justified by appearances, corresponds in no way to the dogmatic basis or point of view of the Gospels.

When I looked very closely to the Bible and to Jesus, this Christ who came, I discovered something awesome. I discovered that when He's first, then He places me in a second position that's above the class that I was given by other men.

Faith is easy; I think people complicate it.

When I'm interested in an aspect of someone's life, I want to ask about their experiences, their survival strategies, and what they do to keep their lives interesting.

I live every day to its fullest extent and I don't sweat the small stuff.

All you earnest young men out to save the world please, have a laugh.

comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable

I wonder if anyone who needs a snappy song service can really appreciate the meaning of the cross.