Blaise Pascal Quotes

... it's always interesting when one doesn't see. If you don't see what a thing means, you must be looking at it wrong way round.

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

Life's all about perceptions.

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.

Perspectives change.

I think perspective is a necessary, amazing thing.

I think anything can feed you, depending on the way you look at it or listen to it.

For most of your career, what you're trying to do is to step into other people's shoes.

Some people say the people I'm fighting are bums, but I don't see it like that.

People give me a better understanding on things that I said, or a different way to look at it.

I do not deny that what happened to us is a thing worth laughing at. But it is not worth telling, for not everyone is sufficiently intelligent to be able to see things from the right point of view.

Our perspectives on situations act like a lens through which we view the world.

It all depends on the way you look at it. The point of view is everything in this world.

That's pretty much what every scene is about, getting people to see your point of view. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

When we would show any one that he is mistaken, our best course is to observe on what side he considers the subject,--for his view of if is generally right on this side,--and admit to him that he is right so far. He will be satisfied with this acknowledgment, that he was not wrong in his judgment, but only inadvertent in not looking at the whole case.

What he has in addition is pure empathy and projection,” Dr. Bloom said. “He can assume your point of view, or mine – and maybe some other points of view that scare and sicken him. It’s an uncomfortable gift, Jack. Perception’s a tool that’s pointed on both ends.

To be able to say that "if we change our point of view in the following way ... things are simpler" is always a gain.

Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.

Film music really is about point of view and you can shift it wherever you want really depending on how you look at it.

To hit someone means to adopt his point of view.

It was easier to know a character's point of view than it was to figure out what your point of view was.

Examine other points of view as if they were your own.

I think perception is important.

If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.