Smallness Quotes

The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company.

I should point out, however, that at first some difficulty was experienced in observing the phenomena predicted by the theory, owing to the extreme smallness of the variations in the period of oscillation.

Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at your real height against some higher nature that will show you what the real smallness of your greatness is.

For so long as the Jew has even one ally, he will be convinced - in his smallness of mind - that his salvation came from that ally. It is only when he is alone - against all of his own efforts and frantic attempts - that he will, through no choice, be compelled to turn to G-d.

Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound.

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.