Nicole Richie Quotes

You can't see all of a place until you look at it from a distance.

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

The spectacles of experience; through them you will see clearly a second time.

With time and experience comes a different perception of what's going on around you.

It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.

Writing has always been the primary way I make sense of the world.

I like bold statements. I'm very nearsighted, and I'm terrible at the whole contacts thing. I figured, 'Why not get some glasses that are fun, that contrast with my skin tone and brighten things up.'

My fans are like my glasses. Without them I'd be blurry.

The only advantage to wearing glasses is that you can do that dramatic removal.

I've learned a lot just being able to see things clearer.

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

Worldly Wisdom Do not stay in the field! Nor climb out of sight. The best view of the world Is from a medium height.

Shards of glass can cut and wound or magnify a vision.

Sometimes Heaven is just a new pair of glasses.

(As human beings) We see everything everything in a glass, darkly. Sometimes we can peer through the glass and catch a glimpse of what is on the other side. If we were to polish the glass clean, we'd see much more. But then we would no longer see ourselves.

When once your point of view is changed, the very thing which was so damning becomes a clue to the truth.

You showed me everything was black cause my eyes were closed.

Before you attempt to set things right, make sure you see things right.

He felt like a man who, after straining his eyes to peer into the remote distance, finds what he was seeking at his very feet. All his life he had been looking over the heads of those around him, while he had only to look before him without straining his eyes. p 1320

To see things plainly, you have to cross a frontier.

You end up exhausted and spent, but later, in retrospect, you realize what it all was for. The parts fall into place, and you can see the whole picture and finally understand the role each individual part plays. The dawn comes, the sky grows light, and the colors and shapes of the roofs of houses, which you could only glimpse vaguely before, come into focus.

Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards 10 years later.

We must remember that everything is ordinary and extraordinary. It is our minds that either open or close.

All the best things are seen first of all at a far distance.

If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack.