The struggle of the mind to keep itself free from every sort of bondage – to remain curious, open, unsatiated in all its relations with nature – is tenfold more difficult than the cultivation of a stable, satisfying point of view, but a thousandfold more precious.
Point Of View Quotes
From the point of view of morals, life seems to he divided into two periods; in the first we indulge, in the second we preach.
A point of view: an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist.
There is nothing that living things do that cannot be understood from the point of view that they are made of atoms acting according to the laws of physics.
From a dog’s point of view his master is an elongated and abnormally cunning dog.
Three quarters of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world would finish if people were to put on the shoes of their adversaries and understood their points of view.
There is – in our day, a powerful antidote to nonsense, which hardly existed in earlier times – I mean science. Science cannot be ignored or rejected, because it is bound up with modern technique; it is essential alike to prosperity in peace and to victory in war. That is, perhaps from an intellectual point […]
There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally. As nearly as we can, we must put ourselves in the place of those who uttered the words, and try to divine how they would have dealt with the unforeseen situation; and, evidence of what they would have done, they are […]
In Spain, Dos Passos found bombs horrifying, bloodshed gruesome, anarchists hounded by a Stalinist Camarilla, the People’s Front conceding to Anglo-French Imperialism and suppressing socialism. He consequently criticized the Stalinists to his companion. (Ernest Hemingway) Hemingway found bombs intriguing, bloodshed exciting, anarchists “treasonable,” the People’s Front noble, socialism nonsense. He consequently denounced his companion (John […]
I have not written this book to draw any moral about the past. Nor do I claim that it is “the” truth about the events and persons discussed. Others may have experienced them differently. Although not everything can be seen from any one perspective, what is seen from that perspective is no less true. Some […]
