Quotes about Perspective

I've always looked on criticism as a sort of envious tribute.

Very few of the people who accentuate the futility of life remarks the futility of themselves.

Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.

Oh God! One minute it's my world, and the next I'm the world's fool.

There's a difference somewhere." Being a supreme egotist Ardita frequently

And, after boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit. Conduct may be founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes but after a certain point I don't care what it's founded on.

Wann immer du an jemandem etwas auszusetzen hast, sagte er, vergiss nicht, dass nicht alle auf dieser Welt einen so leichten Start hatten wie du.

Should be clear by now that this making-right, or rectification, is not a process. It is already true, in Christ; but it is true eschatologically, from the perspective of the End. The now—not yet dynamic is operative here, as always.

There is a fundamental syntactical distinction between saying "we question the Bible" and "the Bible questions us.

When you think about a festival from a comedian's perspective, it has to do with who else does it - that's number one. The second consideration - and this is kind of crazy - is: 'What's the food like? What is the town like? Is it walkable? Is it easy to get around?'

I came to the conclusion that I am not a fiction writer.

I don't understand why everyone fights for power, money, fame.