Perspective Quotes

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes" "Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were" "I am among those who think that science has great beauty." "On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom" "When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?" "If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope." "Life is just a short period of time in which you are alive." "The chances of finding out what is actually going on in the universe are so remote, the only thing to do is hang a sense of humor on it and hope for the best." "Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives—the power to retell it, rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it, and change it as times change—truly are powerless" "The only people who see the whole picture are the ones who step out of the frame" "Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards." "To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible." "Beware the man of a single book." "Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined" "History is written by the victors"