Greater Quotes

There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal.

Life is a flame that is always burning itself out; but it catches fire again every time a child is born. Life is greater than death, and hope than despair.

What greater gift is there than to demonstrate you need not fear death?

If giving points to some students to achieve greater diversity is a quota system in violation of the Constitution, how can the awarding of points to the children of a less diverse alumni be upheld?

God’s love for the biggest sinner is greater than the love of the holiest man for God

You know, when the cost of capital goes down, when credit becomes cheap, people start taking greater and greater risks.

Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things, and thence proceed to greater.

All of us take an interest, to a greater or lesser extent, in what people around us look like, what they are doing, and why they are doing it.

Suffering can become a means to greater love and greater generosity.

Our capacity for wholeheartednes s can never be greater than our willingness to be broken-hearted.

We will not let the price of peace be greater than the price of war, we will firmly safeguard the achievements of the past 13 years under former President Karzai.

In silence and in meditation on the eternal truths, I hear the voice of God which excites our hearts to greater love.

The smaller the detail the greater the value.

I love you, I thought. But I didn't say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one - that she won't say it back.

I have heard a greater storm in a boiling pot.

As we've focused more on our food and where it comes from, people now have greater awareness of what's being put onto our food, pesticides, labeling issues, and consumer health.

Hatred which is completely vanquished by love passes into love: and love is thereupon greater than if hatred had not preceded it.

The greater part of mankind may be divided into two classes; that of shallow thinkers who fall short of the truth; and that of abstruse thinkers who go beyond it.

I have realized that my real self is a greater entity than any possible post or title.

Peace is present when things form part of a whole greater than their sum, as the diverse minerals in the ground collect to become the tree.

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

We may avoid the laws of man, but there are greater laws that can't be broken.

Maybe there are only three kinds of stories: those we live, those we tell, and those that help our souls fly upwards to a greater life.

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

Those who succeed and do not push on to greater failure are the spiritual middle-classers.

I'm not a great believer in the power of the moving image. A still image has greater lasting power.

Sometimes the gift of an inquisitive nature to the young can be greater than that of the wisdom which comes of age.

Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

Every individual is representative of the whole . . . and should be intimately understood, and this would give a far greater understanding of mass movements and sociology.

It takes people some time to appreciate that their greater resources are often the people they know.

Ultimately it is by harnessing the natural economic forces which drive society that the pollution tax offers us an opportunity to exert greater control over our environment.

Citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part...and that the part should be humbly proud to sacrifice itself that the whole may live.

I will try to cram these paragraphs full of facts and give them a weight and shape no greater than that of a cloud of blue butterflies.

The reality is not that I lack respect for the law; it's that I have greater respect for justice.

What greater evil could you wish a miser, than long life?

Gratitude is a sacred space where you allow and know that a force greater than your ego is always at work and always available.

Giving thanks is a key that opens a door to greater connectedness and greater participation in the life of the world. It is one of the most powerful spiritual practices available to us.

And who are the greater criminals-those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?

We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions

When it comes to love as a spiritual manifestation, it is an experience of utter surrender to that which is greater than any concept of love can define.

It doesn't matter if you have something greater to say per say, just enjoy what you're doing.

Posterity will call you the great emancipator, a more enviable title than any crown could be, and greater than any merely mundane treasure.

Successfully completing a lesser purpose doesn't feel good very good for very long, because it is simply preparation for advancing toward a greater embodiment of your deeper purpose.

Beauty is revealed when we learn to see with our hearts. The more educated our hearts the greater beauty we can see. Therefore, beauty is revealed with age.

Remember, one just man causes the Devil greater affliction than a million blind believers.

The ravages of drink are greater than those of war pestilence and famine combined.

AZRAEL: No pleasure, no rapture, no exquisite sin greater... than central air.

What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than what they possess in common with others.

And when all is said and done, there is no greater success in the world than just being happy.

Politics are about preserving relationships at the end of the day, and it has nothing to do with the greater good for humanity. It's just all about business.