Arthur Schopenhauer Quotes

Either the world is so tiny or we are enormous; in either case, we fill it completely.

A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.

There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near.

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

Beauty, my dear Sir, is not so much a quality of the object beheld, as an effect in him who beholds it. If our sight were longer or shorter, or if our constitution were different, what now appears beautiful to us would seem misshapen, and what we now think misshapen we should regard as beautiful. The most beautiful hand seen through the microscope will appear horrible. Some things are beautiful at a distance, but ugly near;

Fleas know not whether they are upon the body of a giant or upon one of ordinary size.

And so he who looks down at his feet will not know the truth, but he who discerns by the sun which way to go.

If you think something is ugly, look harder. Ugliness is just a failure of seeing.

Remember this maxim: When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. The way you perceive things is an extremely powerful tool that will allow you to fully bring the power of intention into your life.

You say I'm small? I certainly can relate, although it is a matter of perspective. The distance is deceptive, my friend, you standtoo low.

What looks large from a distance, close up ain’t never that big.

He who looks through an open window sees fewer things than he who looks through a closed window.

She was surprised at how tiny it seemed now. She supposed the school was just as big as it had ever been only her eyes had grown used to looking at bigger things.

The question is not what you look at – but how you look & whether you see.

The difference between living and half living is seeing well, looking for associations between things, seeking the connections, being aware of scale and proportion.

It is only in the microscope that our life looks so big. It is an indivisible point, drawn out and magnified by the powerful lenses of Time and Space.

Madman! Look through my eyes if thou hast none of thine own.

Things seem more when you’re little. They seem bigger, and distances seem farther.

If you don't look at things through your concepts, you'll never be bored. Every single thing is unique.

Our vision controls the way we think and, therefore, the way we act the vision we have of our jobs determines what we do and the opportunities we see or don't see.

Everything looks more beautiful in retrospect.

We think of color as a thing that we’re receiving. And if you go into one of the Skyspaces, you can see that it’s possible to change the color of the sky. Now, I obviously don’t change the color of the sky, but I changed the context of vision.

Learn to see, and then you'll know that there is no end to the new worlds of our vision.

You only see what your eyes want to see. How can life be what you want it to be?

Everyone is small at night.