Perspective Quotes

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.

He whose son is obedient to him, whose wife's conduct is in accordance with his wishes, and who is content with his riches has his heaven here on earth.

He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.

Brass is polished by ashes; copper is cleaned by tamarind; a woman, by her menses; and a river by its flow.

The trees, the flowers, the plants grow in silence. The stars, the sun, the moon move in silence. Silence gives us a new perspective.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.

The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected.

Tolerance is the uncomfortable feeling that in the end the other could be right.

When I was young, I was so interested in baseball that my family was afraid I'd waste my life and be a pitcher. Later they were afraid I'd wastemy life and be a poet. They were right.

The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.

Only in silence I find myself. Life in the city is so hectic that you lose the right perspective. It's important to know that our biggest resources are in our heart.

The bird thinks it a favor to give the fish a lift in the air.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.