The business man who assumes that this life is everything, and the mystic who asserts that it is nothing, fail, on this side and on that, to hit the truth. "Yes, I see, dear; it's about halfway between," Aunt Juley had hazarded in earlier years. No; truth, being alive, was not halfway between anything. It was only to be found by continuous excursions into either realm, and though proportion is the final secret, to espouse it at the outset is to ensure sterility

E.M. Forster

Stichwörter: truth stupid-white-men proportion



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Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small.

Corrie ten Boom

Stichwörter: inspirational perspective proportion



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I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Stichwörter: humor america united-states usa proportion



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In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.

David Hume

Stichwörter: wisdom science certainty doubt reason belief facts skepticism reasoning evidence proportion assurance degrees



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Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.

Andrew Solomon

Stichwörter: grief depression proportion circumstance



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Proportion is the heart of beauty.

Ken Follett

Stichwörter: art beauty proportion construction



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The lasting sweetness of the wealth obtained is directly proportional to the honesty of its source. Dishonest wealth does not last.

Israelmore Ayivor

Stichwörter: money rich wealth trust honest sweet proportion sweetness dishonest proportional last-long long-lasting presist



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