Best Narrowness Quotes

42 Narrowness quotes by 40 unique authors

Too much freedom inhibits choice. Constructive narrowness clarifies choice. — Walter Darby Bannard
Our contempt for others proves nothing but the illiberality and narrowness of our own views. — William Hazlitt
It is almost impossible to translate verbally and well at the same time; for the Latin (a most severe and compendious language) often expresses that… — John Dryden
The chief danger to philosophy is narrowness in the selection of evidence. — Alfred North Whitehead
As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of… — Joseph Conrad
We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire a knowledge of the superficial nature of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion, but,… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
In one day I had altered my life; my life, therefore, was alterable. This simple axiom did not call out for exegesis; no, it entered… — Carol Shields
Can anything be more disgusting than to hear people called 'educated' making small jokes about eating ham, and showing themselves empty of any real knowledge… — George Eliot
Walking and overcoming by faith is not easy. For one thing, the dimension of time constantly constrains our perspective. Likewise, the world steadily tempts us.… — Neal A. Maxwell
To think that only faultless people are worthwhile seems like an incredible exclusion of almost everything of deep value in the human saga. Sometimes I… — Marilynne Robinson
We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness. — Booker T. Washington
Only in love can I find you, my God. In love the gates of my soul spring open, allowing me to breathe a new air… — Karl Rahner
Most people are not really free. They are confined by the niche in the world that they carve out for themselves. They limit themselves to… — V.S. Naipaul
In all living there is a certain narrowness of application which leads to breadth and power. We have to concent on a thing in order… — Ralph Washington Sockman
None of us would trade freedom of expression for the narrowness of the public censor. America is a free market for people who have something… — Hubert H. Humphrey

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