Perspective: 1.A mental view or outlook.2. Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view. 3. The ability to perceive things in their actual interrelations or comparative importance.
"Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth." Marcus Aurelius
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"I am chained to the earth to pay for the freedom of my eyes." Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943
"No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye." Elizabeth Bowen, The House in Paris, 1935
"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." Anaïs Nin
"The bluebird carries the sky on his back." Henry David Thoreau
"I'm not allowing my perspective to be dictated by the dominant culture." Holly Near
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Synonyms: angle, aspect, attitude, broad view, context, frame of reference, headset, landscape, mindset, objectivity, overview, panorama, proportion, prospect, relation, relative importance, relativity, scene, size of it, viewpoint, vista, way of looking, aim, approach, aspect, direction, hand, intention, outlook, plan, point of view, position, side, slant, standpoint, viewpoint
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Que bonitas flores! Letty, I wish I'd read this post yesterday. ; D I've been reading The Power of Now and the main message is about "perspective" and not getting caught up in negative thoughts about the past. Love it. <3
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