“I believe that the habit of constant reading of good books and scholarly periodicals and magazines in many disciplines is vital to give a larger perspective and to constantly sense the interdependent nature of life.” GivingBelieveBookReadingI BelievePerspectiveHabitDisciplineConstantMagazinesGood BookScholarly Author:Stephen Covey
“The world that is coming toward us out of time is going to be very much richer in a mental sense because (among other freedoms) we are going to get a modicum of freedom from linguistic frameworks, from familiar mental habits. Anyone who really knows two or more tongues realizes that even that small enlargement of liberty . . . gives him new perspectives, exercizes his soul anew.” KnowsWorldGivingTwoSoulRealizingLibertyPerspectiveHabitTongueFamiliarFrameworkNew PerspectiveEnlargement Author:Benjamin Lee Whorf
“If you allow your perceptions to be dominated by a status-quo perspective these thought forms create a network of status-quo mental habit patterns.” IfsFormPerspectiveHabitPerceptionPatternsStatus Quo Author:Marianne Williamson
“I think I am at the end of a certain phase of my life. What I'm on the lookout for now is the unexpected, for things that come from outside and that I never thought might happen. Sometimes you have to watch for them so you don't automatically say no to the new, simply because you're in the habit of saying no to everything that comes along. I'm constantly changing my perspective on my own life. I see the past differently, and that's a wonderful thing.” ThinkingSometimesPastWonderfulPerspectiveHabitUnexpected Author:Doris Lessing
“Novels need readers of a certain kind, people who are patient and enjoy immersing themselves in another perspective for uninterrupted stretches of time. Reading habits might well be changing. People who pay for novels might overlap significantly with those who engage in Twitter and Facebook.” PeopleKindReadingEnjoyNovelPerspectiveHabitPatientReading HabitsKind People Author:Zia Haider Rahman
“somehow we have overlooked the fact this treasured called the heart can also be broken, has been broken, and now lies in pieces down under the surface. When it comes to habits we cannot quit or patterns we cannot stop, anger that flies out of nowhere, fears we cannot overcome, or weaknesses we hate to admit--much of what troubles us comes out of the broken places in our hearts crying out for relief. Jesus speaks as if we are all brokenhearted. We would do well to trust His perspective on this.” IfsWellsHeartHas BeensFactsLyingHateJesusSpeakPiecesTroubleCryBrokenPerspectiveHabitWeaknessOvercomingPatternsSurfaceQuittingReliefOverlookedTreasuredBrokenhearted Author:John Eldredge