Narrowness Quotes

42 quotes by 40 authors

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will. — Henri Frederic Amiel
All truth is one. In this light, may science and religion endeavor here for the steady evolution of mankind, from darkness to light, from narrowness… — Clifford Stoll
Increase and widen your desires till nothing but reality can fulfill them. It is not desire that is wrong, but its narrowness and smallness. Desire… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought. — Alexander Herzen
Self-confidence is either a petty pride in our own narrowness, or the realization of our duty and privilege as God's children. — Phillips Brooks
There will be selfishness and greed and corruption and narrowness and intolerance in the world tomorrow and tomorrow's tomorrow. But pray God we may have… — Harold Stassen
There is provided an escape from the narrowness and poverty of the individual life, and the possibility of a life which is other and larger… — John Caird
She thought of the last couple of years: the boredom, the narrowness of existence, the dearth of anything to look forward to. Yet now, in… — Rosamunde Pilcher
I think the two things most opposed to good counsel are haste and passion; haste usaully goes hand in hand with folly, passion with coarseness… — Thucydides
I change many things, discard others, and try again and again until I am satisfied; then, in my head, I being to elaborate the work… — Ludwig van Beethoven
I alter some things, eliminate and try again until I am satisfied. Then begins the mental working out of this material in its breadth, its… — Ludwig van Beethoven
The aggressive and quite illogical idea of a single religion for all mankind, a religion universal by the very force of its narrowness, one set… — Sri Aurobindo
There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective… — Charles Schumer
Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried leaves at the age of forty? Certainly there is. It… — John Jay Chapman
Our sanity depends essentially on a narrowness of vision--the ability to select the elements vital to survival, while ignoring the great truths. — Josephine Hart
Narrowness of experience leads to narrowness of imagination — Rob Pike
Diversity is not an abnormality but the very reality of our planet. The human world manifests the same reality and will not seek our permission… — Chinua Achebe
What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known. — Samuel Johnson
Old age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places. — Red Skelton
In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that overbalanced poise that makes the… — O. Henry

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