Quotes about Perspective

It is never quite safe to think we have done with life.

whenever we think of anything that is a trial to us we should also think of something nice that we can set over against it.

But he wasn't talking to me,' protested Anne. 'He was talking to God and he didn't seem to be very much interested in it, either. I think he thought God was too far off to make it worth while.

Well, one can't get over the habit of being a little girl all at once, said Anne gaily. You see, I was little for fourteen years and I've only been grown-uppish for scarcely three.

Sally says they'll fight most of their time but that they'll be happier fighting with each other than agreeing with anybody else. But I don't think they'll fight... much. I think it is just misunderstanding that makes most of the trouble in the world. You and I for so long, now...

EÄŸer gerçekten dua etmek isteseydim ne yapaca??m? size söyleyeyim. Kocaman, ?ss?z bir tarlaya veya orman?n derinliklerine gider, ba??m? kald?r?p sonu yokmuÅŸ gibi görünen o muhteÅŸem mavilikteki gökyüzünün taa içine bakard?m. O zaman duay? gerçekten hissederdim.

Bunlar? kendine söylemekle baÅŸka insanlardan duymak aras?nda fark var. dedi Anne aÄŸlayarak. 'Bir ÅŸeyin öyle olduÄŸunu bilsen bile, baÅŸka insanlar?n kesin olarak öyle olduÄŸunu düÅŸünmediÄŸini ümit etmekten kendini alam?yorsun.

I wonder, said Miss Oliver, if humanity will be any happier because of aeroplanes. It seems to me that the sum of human happiness remains much the same from age to age, no matter how it may vary in distribution, and that all the 'many inventions' neither lessen nor increase it.

You lose so much out of life by being cynical

Mrs. Binnie says we throw out more with a spoon than the men can be bringing in with a shovel...Binnie-like. Our men like the good living. And what if we don't be having too much money, Patsy dear? Sure and we do have lashings of things no money could be buying. There'll be enough squeezed out for Cuddles when the time comes. The Good Man Above will be seeing to that.

when the darkness is close to us it is a friend. But when we sorter push it away from us—divorce ourselves from it, so to speak, with lantern light—it becomes an enemy.

Life would be dull if we hadn't a few tragedies to look back on.