Gains Quote by Seneca the Younger

“The manner in which things are said or done, my Liberalis, forms a very important part of every transaction. We gain much by quickness,…

— Anonymous

Let us be ashamed of our slowness in thanking God when He gives, and of our quickness in grumbling at Him when He takes…

— Nikolaj Velimirovic

“In modern time slowness is new sickness.”

— Amit Kalantri

What nature does blindly, slowly and ruthlessly, man may do providently, quickly, and kindly. As it lies within his power, so it becomes his…

— Francis Galton

No," I said finally. "Slowness in Answering," she said into the handheld. "When's the last time you slept?" "1940" I said promptly, which is…

— Connie Willis

If you want to please the critics, don't play too loud, too soft, too fast, too slow.

— Arturo Toscanini

“When I was sixteen I read ten books a week: E.E. Cummings, William Faulkner, Henry James, Hart Crane, John Steinbeck. I thought I progressed…

— Donald Hall

In fact, the early demographer Thomas Malthus believes that the only way the human population would ever check itself was by running headlong into…

— Annalee Newitz

Today, luxury resides in everything that is becoming rare: communion with nature, silence, meditation, slowness rediscovered, the pleasure of living out of step with…

— Pascal Bruckner

“Part of me thinks the slowness is on your side.”

— Kiera Cass

Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable.

— Henry Thomas Buckle

Those who are slow to know suppose that slowness is the essence of knowledge.

— Friedrich Nietzsche