Small Quotes

8386 quotes by 4853 authors

It is true that I am a writer, and I was married to a composer, and I have lived in a small village in New… — Jamaica Kincaid
There are so many different elements to surfing. Small waves, big waves, long boards, short boards. This makes it a sport you can share with… — Kelly Slater
Though the eye is small, the soul which sees through it is greater and vaster than all the things which it perceives. In fact, it… — Meher Baba
Because men, compared to male chimps, have such relatively small testicles (large testicles indicate a species where many males mate, one after the other, with… — Carl Sagan
When you are famous it is hard to work on small problems. This is what did [Claude Elwood] Shannon in. After information theory, what do… — Richard Hamming
Life cannot have had a random beginning. ... The trouble is that there are about two thousand enzymes, and the chance of obtaining them all… — Fred Hoyle
Sometimes I find myself thinking, rather wistfully, about Lao Tzu's famous dictum: 'Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish.' All around… — William Carlos Williams
Jesus died to save men - a small thing for an immortal to do - and didn't save many, anyway. But if he had been… — Mark Twain
Anger is active sadness; sadness is inactive anger. They are not two things. Watch your own behaviour. When do you find yourself sad? You find… — Rajneesh
Heaven and hell are not very distant, they are neighbors; only a small fence divides them. You can jump that fence, even without a gate.… — Rajneesh
Try to find your individuality, your integrity, and make the effort of not compromising. Because the more you compromise, the less you are an individual.… — Rajneesh
You are more likely to acquire power by narrowing your focus and applying your energies, like the sun's rays, to a limited range of activities… — Jeffrey Pfeffer
The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his own hands to… — J.R.R. Tolkien
One small action of love can do far, far more for a soul than all the most beautiful words in the world. — Eileen Caddy
Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,/ The bee's collected treasure sweet,/ Sweet music's melting fall, but sweeter yet/ The still small voice of gratitude. — Thomas Gray
Faithful horoscope-watching, practiced daily, provides just the sort of small but warm and infinitely reassuring fillip that gets matters off to a spirited start. — Shana Alexander
Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness. — W. Eugene Smith
A small child has no ambitions, he has no desires. He is so absorbed in the moment - a bird on the wing catches his… — Rajneesh
A Thaum is the basic unit of magical strength. It has been universally established as the amount of magic needed to create one small white… — Terry Pratchett
Then outwardly you are the small universe! Then inwardly you are the great universe. — Unknown Author

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