#viewpoint

I jerked my chin toward Frost’s body. ‘All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.’ Hao said, “Life is not safe. A man might spend his whole time on earth staying safe in a basement, and in the end, he still dies like everyone else.” Half-naked, covered with the same filth we all were, he still gave the impression of being in control of himself and his environment. ↗

— Patricia Briggs

#viewpoint #way-of-living #inspirational

[T]he unsympathetic assessments we make of others are usually the result of nothing more sinister than our habit of looking at them in the wrong way, through lenses clouded by distraction, exhaustion and fear, which blind us to the fact that they are really, despite a thousand differences, just altered versions of ourselves: fellow fragile, uncertain, flawed beings likewise craving love and in urgent need of forgiveness. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#oneness #others #ourselves #viewpoints #forgiveness

My photographs are not planned or composed in advance, and I do not anticipate that the onlooker will share my viewpoint. However, I feel that if my photograph leaves an image on his mind, something has been accomplished. ↗

— Robert Frank

#advance #anticipate #been #composed #feel

Take the trouble to stop and think of the other person's feelings, his viewpoints, his desires and needs. Think more of what the other fellow wants, and how he must feel. ↗

— Maxwell Maltz

#feel #feelings #fellow #his #how

And while I might not always agree with the viewpoint I have to portray, because I play a district attorney, as an actress I can always tell myself that my character is trying to take the moral high ground. ↗

— Lara Flynn Boyle

#agree #always #attorney #because #character

Others don't want to listen to viewpoints that members of the church have. ↗

— William P. Leahy

#listen #members #others #viewpoints #want

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

#bad #but not without #hopeless #ideal #look

Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly. Maybe I'm drawn to it as a story element. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#death #dramatic #drawn #element #even

There are no guarantees. From the viewpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From the viewpoint of love, none are necessary. ↗

— Emmanuel Teney

#fear #guarantees #love #necessary #none

So it's not all that important who people really are. Honestly, you could end up spending your life with almost anyone, and it wouldn't matter who - because the person they are to you is totally dependent on your view of them. ↗

— Steph Bowe

#personality #viewpoint #attitude