Eric Knight quotes

Eric Knight quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Waste not the smallest thing created, for grains of sand make mountains, and atomies infinity.”
-- Eric Knight

#Mountain Quotes #Waste Quotes #Infinity Quotes

“Place (or put) a spider on top of a mountain, it will only try to catch flies; alas, they are many those who, in the figurative meaning, have spider's eyes.”
“The difference between a mountain and a molehill is your perspective.”

Source : Al Neuharth (1992). “Confessions of an S.O.B.”, Signet
“Journeying through secret doors, curving corridors, and connecting rooms into the mountain was like being digested by the different organs of a deity.”
“The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile. Therefore strive for excellence not perfection.”
“I decided to go along with it. If he tried to give me the runaround, I would bolt. I didn't have time to waste on vague answers and evasive language. Matt and Rhys were captive, and Rhys couldn't even sit down.”
“my MamÃ¡ Grande, a tiny Mayan woman, took me aside when I was an adolescent and told me several things that didn't make a bit of sense to my young and inattentive ears, and as young people tend to waste all attempts of our elders to relay to us wisdom accumulated over the decades, I thought my MamÃ¡ Grande had a few mice in the attic.”
“A yogi never forgets that health must begin with the body. . . .Physical health is not a commodity to be bargained for. Nor can it be swallowed in the form of drugs and pills. . . . It is something that we must build up. You have to create within yourself the experience of beauty, liberation, and infinity. This is health.”
“The last function of reason is to recognize that there are an infinity of things which surpass it.”
“Patience mimics the power of infinity.”

Source : Brandon Mull (2008). “Rise of the Evening Star”, p.171, Simon and Schuster
“There is no more steely barb than that of the Infinite.”

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