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. ForsterTag: truth stupid-white-men proportion
Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small.
Corrie ten BoomTag: inspirational perspective proportion
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. RooseveltTag: humor america united-states usa proportion
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 HumeTag: wisdom science certainty doubt reason belief facts skepticism reasoning evidence proportion assurance degrees
Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.
Andrew SolomonTag: grief depression proportion circumstance
Proportion is the heart of beauty.
Ken FollettTag: art beauty proportion construction
The lasting sweetness of the wealth obtained is directly proportional to the honesty of its source. Dishonest wealth does not last.
Israelmore AyivorTag: money rich wealth trust honest sweet proportion sweetness dishonest proportional last-long long-lasting presist
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