Perspective Quotes

"The life one lives is at least interesting" "Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue to exist a wonderful living side by side can grow if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky." "Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances" "Sometimes the good old, slow way doesn't create the excitement that the fast ones do." "The paradox is one of our most valuable spiritual possessions" "You can't have everything. Where would you put it?" "It is foolish to wish for beauty Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others" "Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional" "There is no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes." "Our lives are not as firmly shaped by the practicalities of our income as by the attitudes we maintain towards our position." "You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it." "Being happy is not the only happiness." "I am an optimist, even though I am not daunted by the contradictions and the nightmare future that is emerging." "To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring." "To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks."