“You can't measure time by days, the way you measure money by dollars and cents, because dollars are all the same while every day is different and maybe every hour as well.”
A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire, kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures.
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.
Damn the great executives, the men of measured merriment, damn the men with careful smiles oh, damn their measured merriment.
. A good joke will sell quicker than a good poem, and, measured in sweat and blood, will bring better remuneration.
Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
The degree to which I can create relationships, which facilitate the growth of others as separate persons, is a measure of the growth I have achieved in myself.
I do not think you learn wisdom just like that, by reading Thucydides and becoming reasonable, but I do believe that if young people came into contact with that period of reflection which is different from our time, but which nevertheless has elements in common, we would think better, in a more measured, more reasonable and more tolerant fashion.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.