#perspective
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Faith is a way of seeing the world with new eyes.
From A History of God by Karen Armstrong
Science is a puzzle, and each element is a piece that helps us see the bigger picture.
From The Disappearing Spoon: Young Readers Edition by Sam Kean
When you think about it, we are all just bags of organs.
From Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
If you know the way broadly, you will see it in everything.
The divine is often depicted through the lens of human experiences and emotions.
From God: A Biography by Jack Miles
We need diverse perspectives in AI to create systems that work for everyone.
From T-Minus AI by Michael Kanaan
Thinking in models transforms our perspective.
From The Model Thinker by Scott E. Page
Faith is a way of seeing that transcends the intellect.
From The Case for God by Karen Armstrong
Eternity is a long time. But, at least it’s a long time.
Humans are a fleeting presence in the vast timeline of Earth.
From The World Without Us by Alan Weisman
You are not the problem; the problem is the problem.
People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
From The Art of Living by Epictetus
We see the world, not as it is, but as we are.
From The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
In a world of abundance, scarcity is a mindset.
From The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.
From Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Freedom, like everything else, is relative.
From The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Nothing in life is as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it.
Money is a tool, not a goal.
From How to Get Rich by Naval Ravikant
What we think of as a problem is really an opportunity.
From The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly
Understanding different perspectives can help make better decisions.
Challenges are just opportunities in disguise.
The great difficulty of history is that it is written by the victors.
The challenge isn't to think outside the box; it's to know there is a box.
From The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance by Steven Kotler
When we take a step back and look into the chaos, we can begin to see the truth of our lives.
From When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön
In the cosmic ocean, we are but a drop.
From The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Every religion offers a unique lens through which to view the divine.
From God: A Biography by Jack Miles
Myth is much more important and true than history.
Analysts must strive to create a comprehensive picture that incorporates diverse perspectives.
From The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis by Richards J. Heuer Jr.
The hedgehog and the fox represents the different ways of thinking about knowledge.
Train your mind to see the good in every situation.
From Mind Gym: An Athlete's Guide to Inner Excellence by Gary Mack
The oppressed, having been denied rights, have a different perspective on the world.
From The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
If you want to be rich, you must be willing to be poor.
We need to develop a comprehensive and globally shared view of how technology is reshaping our lives.
Understanding fungi can change our perspective on life.
From Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
Each religion offers a unique lens through which to view the world.
From God Is Not One by Stephen Prothero
Sometimes you have to take a step back to see the bigger picture.
From More Myself by Alicia Keys
Every challenge is an opportunity in disguise.
From Out of the Ether by Matthew Leising
He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.
From The Enchiridion by Epictetus
The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
From On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
Age is not the end; it can be a new beginning.
From The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72 by Molly Peacock
It's not things that upset us, but our judgments about things.
From The Enchiridion by Epictetus
Each model offers a unique perspective on reality.
From The Model Thinker by Scott E. Page
The life we receive is not short, but we make it so.
From On the Shortness of Life by Seneca
What is at stake in a paradigm shift is not just a change of mind, but a change in the world.
From The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn
Those who dabble in many areas can find unexpected insights that specialists may miss.
From Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
Religion is not a separate compartment of life; it is a way of seeing the world.
From The World's Religions by Huston Smith
Our proximity to positivity can transform our mindset and outlook on life.
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
We are but a tiny part of a much larger whole.
A religion can be understood only in its own context.
From God Is Not One by Stephen Prothero
To be a champion, you have to see the big picture.
From Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson
Tactical empathy is understanding the perspective of the other side.
From Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
Things are not bad in themselves, but our opinions about things make them so.
From The Art of Living by Epictetus
Historical perspectives are crucial for understanding contemporary economic challenges.
From The Rise and Fall of American Growth by Robert J. Gordon
Chemistry is often viewed through the lens of its most famous elements.
From The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
Our moral judgments are often like the blind men and the elephant.
From The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
There is no such thing as failure. There are only lessons.
From What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
The world is more connected than we often realize.
From The Lunatic Express: Discovering the World via Its Most Dangerous Buses, Boats, Trains, and Planes by Carl Hoffman
Wealth is what you don’t see.
From The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
He encouraged us to see the world as a whole.
From The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf
Life is not a competition; it is a journey.
From The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
When you change your thinking, you change your life.
People began to see the world through a new lens of immediacy.
From The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage
One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.
Generalists thrive in environments that value diverse perspectives.
From Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein
To be successful, one must look beyond the immediate.
From The Dao of Capital by Mark Spitznagel
Life is not a competition; it is a journey of self-discovery.
From The Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
Understanding the Gnostic perspective can enrich our view of early Christianity.
From The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels
Happiness comes not from getting what we want, but from wanting what we have.
From The Molecule of More by Daniel Z. Lieberman and Michael E. Long
The writer must have a strong point of view.
From On Writing Well by William Zinsser
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
From The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse
Your unique perspective is your greatest asset.
The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest.
You are the sky. Everything else is just the weather.
From When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön
A clock that ticks for ten thousand years is a reminder of our place in time.
Religions often start with a tribal focus and expand to a universal perspective.
From The Evolution of God by Robert Wright
Systems thinking allows us to see the bigger picture.
Systems thinking is a way of seeing, a way of understanding the world.
The business is not the job of the owner but the job of the business.
We are just a tiny speck in the vastness of everything.
Use the first person in writing.
From The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena.
A gene's-eye view of life emphasizes the role of the individual gene in evolution.
From The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
It changed the way people thought about space and time.
From The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.
From Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Transformational change begins with a shift in perspective.
From The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
History is written by the survivors.
From The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Every generation has believed that the world was coming to an end.
From The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
To see color is to see the world differently.
I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we’re not wise enough to see it.
From What I Know for Sure by Oprah Winfrey
The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.
Gratitude transforms what we have into enough.
From Out of the Ether by Matthew Leising
The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet, going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away, and think this is normal is amazing.
The secret of happiness is to look at all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil that you have in your spoon.
From One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Children are not just miniature adults; they think differently.
From The Philosophical Baby by Alison Gopnik
If you want to change your life, you must change your mind.
From Finding Ultra by Rich Roll
It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that matters.
From The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Specialization can limit your perspective; a broader view can lead to greater insights.
From Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein