every death diminishes us, but those that leave differences unresolved and things unsaid are the most painful of all.
I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength. Long ago I set my mind to be a free person and not to give in to fear. I always felt that it was my right to defend myself if I could. I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
It seems that truth is progressive approximation in which the relative fraction of our spontaneously tolerated residual error constantly diminishes.
To call a king "Prince" is pleasing, because it diminishes his rank.
The bigger a state becomes the more liberty diminishes.
A too great disproportion among the citizens weakens any state. Every person, if possible, ought to enjoy the fruits of his labour, in a full possession of all the necessities, and many of the conveniences of life. No one can doubt, but such an equality is most suitable to human nature, and diminishes much less from the happiness of the rich than it adds to that of the poor.
Secrets have power. And that power diminishes when they are shared, so they are best kept and kept well. Sharing secrets, real secrets, important ones, with even one other person, will change them. Writing them down is worse, because who can tell how many eyes might see them inscribed on paper, no matter how careful you might be with it. So it's really best to keep your secrets when you have them, for their own good, as well as yours.
oh how television diminishes everything.
As the years pass, the number of those we can communicate with diminishes. When there is no longer anyone to talk to, at last we will be as we were before stooping to a name.
If anything diminishes a person, it is the cancer of constant complaining.
Any comparison diminishes the expressive qualities of the terms of the comparison.
Violence wounds the body and it wounds the soul. Of the predator. Of the prey. Of the mourners. Of collective humanity. It diminishes us all.
Sadness diminishes a man's powers
Silence kills the soul; it diminishes its possibilities to rise and fly and explore. Silence withers what makes you human. The soul shrinks, until it's nothing.
There is a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn't. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.
Neither divine grace nor natural knowledge ever diminishes freedom.
Custom, which diminishes the intense, increases the moderate, pleasures.
Unemployment diminishes people. Leisure enlarges them.
Money without wisdom diminishes the pleasure and enjoyment of wealth.
I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.
