There is always someone worse off than yourself.
A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So I said, "Got any shoes you’re not using?
We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
People have to be pushed out of their comfort zones to be able to see things for what they are.
Sometimes you don't realise what you've got, because it's right in front of you.
'These things will become clear to you,' said the old man gently, 'at least,' he added with slight doubt in his voice, 'clearer than they are at the moment.'
For the person for whom small things do not exist, the great is not great.
If life were a camera, I'd have the lens cap on.
She could not complain about not having shoes when the person she was talking to had no legs.
If we broaden our gaze, it will be more interesting, more beautiful.
It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face.
It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
It's not all about getting your own way. Sometimes there's a bigger picture.
If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is.
Here's the thing - if you want to do good things in the world, there's just only so much time that one can spend being glass half empty.
Photography gives you the opportunity to use your sensibility and everything you are to say something about and be part of the world around you. In this way, you might discover who you are, and with a little luck, you might discover something much larger than yourself.
Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!
With vision we flourish.
I had no shoes, and I felt sorry for myself until I met a man who had no feet. I took his shoes. Now I feel better.
Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.
When you're on the inside, there's no other perspective but what you see on the inside. When you're on the outside, you get to look at things a little differently: how you can help, how you can fit in, how you can do certain things differently.
If I have to play an obnoxious character, try to find a redeeming feature of him. The most obnoxious people in the world were people, and they had had a reason for doing what they did. So you try to find that and let the obnoxiousness come out.
To be honest, it's hard when you're knee-deep in the trenches of an industry to see it how others see it.
I don't care what a guy can't do. Tell me what a guy can do and let's make the best of that. If we can do that, all the perceived things he can't do seem to go away.
