Alan Perlis Quotes, Attitude Quotes, Perspective Quotes

You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing vitality of FORTRAN.

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Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

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The honest ratepayer and his healthy family have no doubt often mocked at the dome-like forehead of the philosopher, and laughed over the strange perspective of the landscape that lies beneath him. If they really knew who he was, they would tremble. For Chuang Tsǔ spent his life in preaching the great creed of Inaction, and in pointing out the uselessness of all things.

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Things looked at patiently from one side after another generally end by showing a side that is beautiful.

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Something gets lost when you translate. It's hard to keep straight. Perspective is every thing.

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I came to the conclusion that the optimist thought everything good except the pessimist, and that the pessimist thought everything bad, except himself.

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There's a wealth that has nothing to do with dollars, that comes from the perspective and wisdom of paying attention to your life.

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Because obstacles will always present themselves, the hardest obstacle of all is developing a way of living, a way of practicing your approach to life that allows you to keep a healthy perspective on things.

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From whatever you wish to know and measure you must take your leave, at least for a time. Only when you have left the town can yousee how high its towers rise above the houses.

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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

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The Devil has the broadest perspectives for God; therefore, he keeps so far away from God -- the Devil being the most ancient friend of wisdom

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The formula 'Two and two make five' is not without its attractions.

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For all things are less dreadful than they seem.

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I love work because it keeps sex in perspective. Otherwise, it can become a preoccupation.

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As applied to substance abuse, the cognitive approach helps individuals to come to grips with the problems leading to emotional distress and to gain a broader perspective on their reliance on drugs for pleasure and/or relief from discomfort.

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What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

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Well from a personal perspective, quitting drinking is a decision I felt good about.

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There is today-in a time when old beliefs are withering-a kind of philosophical hunger, a need to know who we are and how we got here. It is an on-going search, often unconscious, for a cosmic perspective for humanity

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Forgive but do not forget, or you will be hurt again. Forgiving changes the perspectives. Forgetting loses the lesson.

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I'm sure all of us agree that we need to overcome violence, but we first need to examine whether it has any value. From a strictly practical perspective, on certain occasions violence appears to be useful. We can solve a problem quickly by force. But this success is often at the expense of the rights and welfare of others. Although one problem has been solved, the seed of another has been planted.

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