{"id":6048,"date":"2011-11-07T06:02:58","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T11:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/?p=6048"},"modified":"2011-08-26T13:10:18","modified_gmt":"2011-08-26T17:10:18","slug":"mindful-monday-quotes-on-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2011\/11\/mindful-monday-quotes-on-perspective.html","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Monday: Quotes on Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cHe who binds to himself a joy ?Doth the winged life destroy.?He who kisses the joy as it flies,?Lives in eternity’s sunrise.\u201d \u2013William Blake<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eyes.\u201d –Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/p>\n

“The closest to being in control we will ever be is in the moment that we realize we\u2019re not.” \u2013Brian Kessler<\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it. You must learn to see the world anew.\u201d \u2013Albert Einstein<\/p>\n

\u201cThe beauty of balance is that I can do it all and not feel bad about my choices, because every moment is an opportunity to start all over again.\u201d \u2013Jorge Perez<\/p>\n

\u201cLife is a kaleidoscope. Turn your head a different angle and see it a whole new way.\u201d?\u2013Anonymous<\/p>\n

\u201cLife can only be understood backwards; it has to be lived forwards.\u201d \u2013Soren Kierkegaard<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.\u201d \u2013The Talmud<\/p>\n

\u201cThe real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\u201d \u2013Marcel Proust<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.\u201d \u2013Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of seeing the rug being pulled from under us, we can learn to dance on the shifting carpet.\u201d \u2013Thomas Crum<\/p>\n

\u201cNever measure the height of a mountain, until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.\u201d \u2013Dag Hammarskjold<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.\u201d \u2013William Blake<\/p>\n

Artwork by the talented Anya Getter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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