"We find great things are made of little things, And little things go lessening till at last Comes God behind them."
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"Into the street the piper stepped, Smiling first a little smile As if he knew what magic slept In his quiet pipe the while. And the piper advanced And the children followed."
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"But little do or can the best of us: That little is achieved through Liberty."
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"As you grow older, you learn to understand life a little better."
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"I understand so very little. But I am not afraid to look: I am a good observer at last. My eyes are open, and I am not afraid."
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"There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see."
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"Finished persons are very common - people who are closed up, quite satisfied that there is little more to learn"
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"Every little thing has a purpose, at the same time, it has no purpose because this whole thing is a game. It is the existence which is total, beyond purpose. So you can say, virtually there is no purpose. If at all you have to pin down to a purpose then the purpose of nature is to take you to the Source, is to remind you of the Source, connect you to your Source."
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"All athletes, without fail, are potentially great and good. A great athlete is a little man tirelessly inspired."
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"The affairs of God are accomplished little by little and almost imperceptibly. The Spirit of God is neither violent nor hasty. He does all things in His time."
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"In a really great way, you simultaneously try to take up as little and as much space as possible."
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"Nothing's too girly and nothing's too masculine. But I do love color, and maybe that's a little girly - especially pink."
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"I had a publisher who felt comics were just for little kiddies, so he never wanted me to use words of more than two syllables."
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"Well, I can admire stubbornness in a man. There is little to a man who's too easily biddable."
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"You read too much and understand too little."
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"And if a man reads very hard, as the old anecdote reminds us, he will have little time for thought."
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"Doubtless the world is quite right in a million ways; but you have to be kicked about a little to convince you of the fact."
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"But of works of art little can be said."
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"A man met a lad weeping. "What do you weep for?" he asked. "I am weeping for my sins," said the lad. "You must have little to do," said the man. The next day, they met again. Once more the lad was weeping. "Why do you weep now?" asked the man. "I am weeping because I have nothing to eat," said the lad. "I thought it would come to that," said the man."
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"...those little people, my brownies, who do one half of my work for me while I am fast asleep, and in all human likelihood do the rest for me as well, when I am wide awake and fondly suppose I do for myself."
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