Quotes About Significance

It is through symbols that man consciously or unconsciously lives, works and has his being.

A tiny fly can choke a big man.

Man is; it matters to him; this is terrifying unless it matters to God, too, because this is the only possible reason we can matter to ourselves.

Great is wisdom; infinite is the value of wisdom. It cannot be exaggerated; it is the highest achievement of man.

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.

That is why, according to this newer psychology, Christianity has already fulfilled its biological mission, and it is impossible for the modern man to understand its original significance.

Ten doors are opened if one door be shut: the finger is the interpreter of the dumb man's tongue.

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

Only those who feel little in the eyes of God, can hope to be mighty in the eyes of men.

Man lives in a world of meaning.

Sometimes string figures were used to illustrate stories, as in the case of an Eskimo example that depicts a man catching a salmon. Sometimes they had magic or religious significance.

The lieutenant looks somewhat taken aback that Uncle Enzo is concerning himself with such a tiny detail It is as if the don were going up and down highways picking up litter or something. But he nods respectfully, having just learned something: details matter.

My son, in the eyes of Heaven, we are all as little children. No one of us is more important than another. In fact, the more important we think we are, the less we stand out in the eyes of the Lord.

That merely glimpsing three good wooden boxes on a baggage-wain could lead to such broodings made Daniel wonder that he could get out of bed in the morning. Once, he had feared that old age would bring senility; now, he was certain it would slowly paralyze him by encumbering each tiny thing with all sorts of significations.

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Significant glances began flying around the restaurant, like semaphores before a naval engagement.

at this point in their lives, neither one of them is important enough to kill, kidnap, or interrogate.

The meaning of everything is the meaning I give it

I had fooled myself into thinking that I was something important to the rest of the world.

the party line is that some of the most profound truths about us are things that we stop saying in the middle, but i think they do it to make us feel important

Because this exact leaf had to grow in that exact way, in that exact place, so that precise wind could tear it from that precise branch and make it fly into this exact face at that exact moment. And, if just one of those tiny little things had never had happened, I'd never have met ya. Which makes this leaf the most important leaf in human history

The cosmic perspective shows Earth to be a mote. But it's a precious mote and, for the moment, it's the only home we have.

Throughout history, different cultures have produced creation myths that explain our origins as the result of cosmic forces shaping our destiny. These histories have helped us to ward off feelings of insignificance.

A legacy rises to become culture only when its elements are so common that they no longer attract comment—not because people have lost interest, but because people cannot imagine a world without them.