Welcome to my Daily Inspiration - Daily Quote. See today's daily inspirational quotes below.
May the world be kind to you, and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Friday, October 2, 2009

Henry David Thoreau: The question is not what you look at, but what you see.

The question is not what you look at, but what you see. - Henry David Thoreau

It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves. - Carl Jung

We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. - Anaïs Nin

People only see what they are prepared to see. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The beauty does not live out there; the beauty's in my eyes. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The idea that things and events do not have an absolute nature is part of our heritage of timeless wisdom. This same idea has been expressed in many different ways throughout history.

Further reading:
Anais Nin: We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.

Friedrich Nietzsche: There are no facts, only interpretations

Never Let Anyone Get Your Goat

Visualize a kinder world

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