Breadth Quotes

136 quotes by 122 authors

The highest point of humility consists in not merely acknowledging one's abjection, but in taking pleasure therein, not from any want of breadth or courage,… — Saint Francis de Sales
Every chain that spirits wear crumbles in the breadth of prayer. — John Greenleaf Whittier
A man is a golden impossibility. The line he must walk is a hair's breadth. The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pettiness separates; breadth unites. Let us be broad and big. — Emma Goldman
Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad. — Diogenes
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I love writing traditional magazine pieces, and especially their breadth of reporting and the deliberateness of the writing. — Susan Orlean
The length of your education is less important than its breadth, and the length of your life is less important than its depth. — Marilyn vos Savant
Compassion, in which all ethics must take root, can only attain its full breadth and depth if it embraces all living creatures and does not… — Albert Schweitzer
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death. — Edith Wharton
Thin clouds form, and the shadows lengthen out. They have no breadth, as summer shadows have; there are no leaves on the trees or fat… — Stephen King
If religious books are not widely circulated among the masses in this country, I do not know what is going to become of us as… — Daniel Webster
Two weevils crept from the crumbs. 'You see those weevils, Stephen?' said Jack solemnly. I do.' Which would you choose?' There is not a scrap… — Patrick O'Brian
Engaged in a fiery dance, their bodies were linked and seperated by the flashing blades. At times they nearly touched, taut skin only a hair's… — Christopher Paolini
Sir,â€™ said Stephen, â€˜I read novels with the utmost pertinacity. I look upon them--I look upon good novels--as a very valuable part of literature, conveying… — Patrick O'Brian
There have been times when only a hair's-breadth has intervened betwixt myself and the seething devil-ridden world of madness; for the hideous knowledge, the horror-… — Clark Ashton Smith
Three things are required of you: the wishes you made when you first knew the breadth of this life; the contract you signed when you… — Jesse Ball
Summer came. For the book thief, everything was going nicely. For me, the sky was the color of Jews. When their bodies had finished scouring… — Markus Zusak
Every season is likeable, and wet days and fine, red wine and white, company and solitude. Even sleep, that deplorable curtailment of the joy of… — Virginia Woolf
Did I not feel that the time has come for the questions of women's wrongs to be laid before the public? Did I not believe… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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