180 quotes found
“There are no facts, only interpretations.”
“My story is of such marvel that if it were written with a needle on the corner of an eye, it would yet serve as a lesson to those who seek wisdom.”
“There are 1,198,500,000 people alive now in China. To get a feel for what that means, simply take yourself - in all your singularity, importance, complexity, and love - and multiply by 1,198,500,00...”
“If you have to stretch that far to reach the justification you want, then perhaps youre standing upon the wrong pedestal.”
“I really tried, or so I thought, to avoid lying, but it seemed to me that they forced it on me by the difference in their vision of things, so that I was always transposing reality for them into so...”
“I don't pretend reality is the same for everyone.”
“The landscape looks different from every blade of grass.”
“Our perspective equals our reality, tweak the perspective and you tweak your reality.”
“The same view you look at every day, the same life, can become something brand new by focusing on its gifts rather than the negative aspects. Perspective is your own choice and the best way to shif...”
“When you tell the tale of how another person is from your perspective, you're making him or her into a character, a player in your own life story. This way of knowing does not bring you closer beca...”
“We're not on the same page right now, but that's okay. Were still in the same story, and there's still so much more to be written. I wont put down my pen if you wont.”
“Because neither she nor Port had ever lived a life of any kind of regularity, they had both made the fatal error of coming hazily to regard time as non-existent. One year was like another year. Eve...”
“Was then not all sorrow in time, all self-torment and fear in time? Were not all difficulties and evil in the world conquered as soon as one conquered time, as soon as one dispelled time?”
“We must understand the Cosmos as it is and not confuse how it is with how we wish it to be.”
“Ordinary life is fascinating when viewed with extraordinary perspective.”
“Enriched vocabularies someone had (and used) are produced by a boundless wondrous mind. Sometime with a non mediocre experience also.”
“I tell you I can't be bothered with things like that. I've got a soul above buttons.”
“If you want peace, stop labeling yourself. We all label ourselves at some point. We tell ourselves these traits that make us stand out. I am a patient person. I am smart. But what happens when we f...”
“I dont see the me that you see. I wish for just a little bit I could climb into you and then you could climb into me and then we could tell each other what we saw there.”
“I laugh at myself. It's so important to laugh at yourself. Have a little heart chuckle, cry a few tears. It's OK! Don't apologize for being you. Just be you. Be true to who you are and who you want...”
