Smallest Quotes - Page 19

• Sainthood lies in the habit of referring the smallest actions to God.

  C. S. Lewis

  Lying, Sainthood, Action

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• The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of.

  C. S. Lewis

  Victory, Goes On, May

  C. S. Lewis (2003). “A Mind Awake: An Anthology of C. S. Lewis”, p.171, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

  Pliny the Elder

  Found, Creatures, Entirety

  Pliny (the Elder.) (1997). “Natural History: Books 8-11”, Loeb Classical Library

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• Anything you do from the soulful self will help lighten the burdens of the world. Anything. You have no idea what the smallest word, the tiniest generosity, can cause to be set in motion...Mend the part of the world that is within your reach.

  Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  Self, Ideas, Generosity

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• To find reality you must be real in the smallest daily action; there can be no deceit in the search for truth.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Real, Deceit, Action

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• The worlds smallest package is a person wrapped up in themselves.

  LeCrae

  World, Persons, Packages

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• When it seems that someone has shattered your dreams....pick up even the smallest of pieces and use them to build bigger and better dreams.

  Jeremy Irons

  Dream, Use, Pieces

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• The reason I know what we are to each other is because we fight freely and almost constantly, about even the smallest thing. In fact, once we didn't speak for an entire week because he didn't like the way I loaded his dishwasher...I can't decide if we're exact opposites, or somehow exactly the same except for minor cosmetic differences. I do know that all of his friends hate me and all of my friends hate him. We drive each other crazy in ways that nobody else can even touch. We never bore each other. And we both realize what a rare thing this is.

  Augusten Burroughs

  Hate, Crazy, Fighting

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• Death's power is limited -- It cannot eradicate memories Or slay love It cannot destroy even a threadbare faith Or permanently hobble the smallest hope in God It cannot permeate the soul And it cannot cripple the spirit It merely separates us for a while That is the only power death can claim --No more

  Donna VanLiere

  Memories, Soul, Spirit

  Donna VanLiere (2008). “The Christmas Shoes”, p.121, Macmillan

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• The largest and most powerful computers are still no match for the smallest and weakest humans.

  Alison Gopnik

  Inspiring, Powerful, Computer

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• What do you think has become of the young and old men? And what do you think has become of the women and children? They are alive and well somewhere, The smallest sprout shows there is really no death, And if ever there was it led forward life, and does not wait at the end to arrest it, And ceas'd the moment life appear'd. All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.

  Walt Whitman

  Death, Children, Men

  1855 Leaves of Grass, 'Song of Myself', section 6.

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• The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which it will rain. But press those books as strongly as you can, you can not get out of them a drop of water. So you can not get out of all the books that contain the best precepts the smallest good deed.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Rain, Book, Reading

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• Alek was right behind her now, his body pressing close as he adjusted her sword arm. She hadn't realized this fencing business would be so touchy. He grasped her waist, sending a crackle across her skin. If Alek moved his hands any higher, he might notice what was hidden beneath her careful tailoring. “Always keep sideways to your opponent,” he said, gently turning her. “That way, your chest presents the smallest possible target.” “Aye, the smallest possible target,” Deryn sighed. Her secret was safe, it seemed.

  Scott Westerfeld

  Hands, Secret, Skins

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• Her delight in the smallest things was like that of a child. There were days when she ran in the garden, like a child of ten, after a butterfly or a dragon-fly. This courtesan who had cost more money in bouquets than would have kept a whole family in comfort, would sometimes sit on the grass for an hour, examining the simple flower whose name she bore.

  Alexandre Dumas-fils

  Children, Flower, Butterfly

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• At the stair-foot Hephaistion was waiting. He happened to be there, as he happened to have a ball handy if Alexander wanted a game, or water if he was thirsty; not by calculation, but in a constant awareness by which no smallest trifle was missed. Now, when he came down the stairs with a shut mouth and blue lines under his eyes, Hephaistion received some mute signal he understood, and fell into step beside him.

  Mary Renault

  Eye, Blue, Games

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• To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.

  Thomas Huxley

  Eye, May, Facts

  "The Study of Zoology" (1861)

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• ...even the smallest of the starlings' concerns grew in importance until it seemed equal to the worries of kings.

  Christopher Paolini

  Kings, Worry, Grew

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.3003, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• It is the peculiar beauty of this method, gentlemen, and one which endears it to the really scientific mind, that under no circumstance can it be of the smallest possible utility.

  Henry John Stephen Smith

  Beauty, Math, Science

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• The smallest change in perspective can transform a life. What tiny attitude adjustment might turn your world around?

  Oprah Winfrey

  Wisdom, Attitude, Perspective

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• The smallest sprout shows there is really no death.

  Walt Whitman

  Leaves Of Grass, Shows, Sprouts

  Walt Whitman (2016). “Song of Myself: With a Complete Commentary”, p.25, University of Iowa Press

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• True spirituality is to be aware that if we are interdependent with everything and everyone else, even our smallest, least significant thought, word and action have real consequences throughout the universe.

  Sogyal Rinpoche

  Real, Action, Spirituality

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• If we reduce social life to the smallest possible unit we will find that there is no social life in the company of one.

  Jerzy Kosinski

  Literature, Social, Company

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• It is possible for even the smallest of accolades of achievement to be truly worthwhile without tears and toil?

  Mas Oyama

  Achievement, Tears, Toil

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• Remember in elementary school you were told that in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a single file from smallest to tallest? What is the logic in that? What, do tall people burn slower?

  Stephen King

  School, Fire, People

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• When the waters of a lake are absolutely still, the lake reflects the trees, the sky, and everything around it perfectly. At the slightest breeze, with the smallest ripple in the waters, the lake reflects nothing but itself. To see another with clarity and objectivity, one first must master stillness. The slightest breeze of judgment or interpretation from the rational mind will create a ripple that shatters Awareness and returns us to ordinary perception.

  Alberto Villoldo

  Lakes, Objectivity, Sky

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