Colin Wilson Quotes

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

I look at everything from 100,000 feet.

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

Problems look mighty small from 150 miles up.

By those who look close to the ground dirt will be seen. I hope I see things from a greater distance.

Once you get the right image the details aren't that important.

I'm looking to see what the bigger picture is.

Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the larger context is lost to view.

There is something in me that makes me see things through.

I'm happy with getting older and getting more focused. I thought I was focused when I was young, but you're only as focused as experience will allow you to be.

The more mature you get and the more you understand about life, your picture gets clearer, the focus gets clear.

In a bird's eye view you tend to survey everything and decide on a particular point, then you swoop down and pick it up. In a worms eye view you don't have that advantage of looking at everything.

‎Be careful not to keep your eyes glued to detail. Stand far enough away to get a perspective of the whole.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

It’s hard to see the whole picture when you are in the frame.

What I learned in school, what I learned in the educational part of my life. Trying to acquire a kind of a bird's eye view. You drive hard and see everything. And that's called education because now you can see everything.

Funny, when you finally faced reality, it was amazing how clearly you could see things.

Keep your head and heart clear. Perspective can just as easily be lost as it can be found.

The greatest ownership of all is to glance around and understand.

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.

Time and reflection change the sight little by little 'till we come to understand.

It's hard to see things when you're too close. Take a step back and look.

The writer is a person who is standing apart, like the cheese in 'The Farmer in the Dell' standing there alone but deciding to take a few notes. You’re outside, but you can see things up close through your binoculars. Your job is to present clearly your viewpoint, your line of vision. Your job is to see people as they really are, and to do this, you have to know who you are in the most compassionate possible sense. Then you can recognize others.