An acre of poppies and a forest of spruce boggle no one’s mind. Even ten square miles of wheat gladdens the hearts of most . . . No, in the plant world, and especially among the flowering plants, fecundity is not an assault on human values. Plants are not our competitors; they are our prey and our nesting materials. We are no more distressed at their proliferation than an owl is at a population explosion among field mice . . . but in the animal world things are different, and human feelings are different . . . Fecundity is anathema only in the animal. "Acres and acres of rats" has a suitably chilling ring to it that is decidedly lacking if I say, instead, "acres and acres of tulips".
Annie DillardTag: life perspective nature human plants green gross page-164
The trouble with you people is that you've been here for thirty million years and your perspectives are all wrong. You miss so much of the transitory beauty of life.
J.G. BallardTag: perspective time
The vision one holds of one's life is so limited, reduced in scope to a moment, so that each person can make choices only within that narrowed reality.
Arlene J. ChaiTag: life perspective
The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.
Abraham LincolnTag: perspective suffering parenthood discipleship
It's a funny thing about Americans, we love to bitch about paying too much for the things we really need and are really a bargain, like gas and postage stamps, but we willingly shell out outrageous amounts for unnecessary crap like gourmet coffee and soap to make your crotch smell good. Two dollars a gallon to go ten miles is too much, but five to the parking valet to go ten feet is okay.
Bill MaherTag: perspective free-market gas-prices
You are a fool to speak of last great battles, Sam, for the last great battle is always the next one.
Roger ZelaznyTag: perspective battle 1967 kali
I'm a kindhearted but highly competitive pragmatist. When I seek to win something, I always make certain it's never at the expense of anything more serious than the inadequate efforts of others.
Jonathan KieranTag: humor perspective ambition paradoxes satire irony-of-life existential-facts
You don't see the world as it is, you see it,as you are.
Krishna SaagarTag: success perspective leadership teamwork beliefs
«Linkeree does what he likes. He likes to be alone and think his own thoughts. No one is hurt by it.» Sara said, «Jason said that we are one people. Linkeree is saying he does not want to be part of us, and if he is not part of us then we are all less than we were.» They were both very wise. It would be so much easier for Kapock if they had only agreed with each other.
Orson Scott CardTag: wisdom perspective community contradiction
Perspective seasons meaning with sprinkles of time.
Soul DancerTag: perspective time meaning spirituality seasons personal-growth personal-development perspectives awakening professional-development sprinkles
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