Diminished Quotes

239 quotes by 213 authors

A man may have lived all of his life in the gray, and the land and trees of him dark and somber. The events, the… — John Steinbeck
In Madame Bovary Flaubert never allows anything to go on too long; he can suggest years of boredom in a paragraph, capture the essence of… — Michael Dirda
The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist. — Steven Van Zandt
The Greeks distinguished between good and bad behavior, language that enhanced or diminished persons. Being intoxicated with scientism, we fail to recognize that the seemingly… — Thomas Szasz
There is a light within each of us that can never be diminished or extinguished. It can only be obscured by forgetting who we are — Deepak Chopra
Some relaxation is necessary to people of every degree; the head that thinks and the hand that labors, must have some little time to recruit… — Bernard Gilpin
Weapons compound man's power to achieve; they amplify the capabilities of both the good man and the bad, and to exactly the same degree, having… — Jeff Cooper
Major social movements eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and… — Freda Adler
Let what you give come through you rather than from you. There is no lack this way. Be truly unconditional in what you give so… — Robert Holden
In a free government the security for civil rights must be the same as that for religious rights. ...under the republican forms [of government], for… — James Madison
The role of Italy and of Austria has diminished as has that of France and Britain; Germany and Japan have suffered catastrophically. — Emily Greene Balch
As it turns out, the ecological catastrophe Kirk feared that would be the consequence of our impiety appears not to be one of radically diminished… — Rod Dreher
A turkey is more occult and awful than all the angels and archangels. In so far as God has partly revealed to us an angelic… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
There was romance in the unknown, but once a place had been discovered and cataloged and mapped, it was diminished, just another dusty fact in… — Ransom Riggs
In daily practice, reflect on the benefits of love, compassion and kindness, then reflect on the disadvantages of anger. Such continuous contemplation, the growing appreciation… — Dalai Lama
We are not diminished when someone else is added upon. — Jeffrey R. Holland
In symbols one observes an advantage in discovery which is greatest when they express the exact nature of a thing briefly and, as it were,… — Gottfried Leibniz
Immersion in the scriptures is essential for spiritual nourishment. The word of God inspires commitment and acts as a healing balm for hurt feelings, anger,… — Quentin L. Cook
When we consider the being and substance of that universe in which we are immutably set, we shall discover that neither we ourselves nor any… — Giordano Bruno
Where you find the attraction for lust and wealth considerably diminished, to whatever creed he may belong, know that his inner spirit is awakening. — Swami Vivekananda

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