Littleness

They miss her "littleness" - her insignificance... ❋ Terry Nelson (2006)

Having had to encounter single - handed during his period of eclipse many physical dangers, he was well aware of the most dangerous element common to them all: of the crushing, paralyzing sense of human littleness, which is what really defeats ❋ Unknown (1904)

Having had to encounter singlehanded during his period of eclipse many physical dangers, he was well aware of the most dangerous element common to them all: of the crushing, paralyzing sense of human littleness, which is what really defeats a man struggling with natural forces, alone, far from the eyes of his fellows. ❋ Joseph Conrad (1890)

Take it which way you will, the leading idea is that of "littleness;" moreover, there is no propriety in the word "creep" as applied to ❋ Various (N/A)

I went off in one of the first boats and the moment it touched the pebbly strand of the side of the inlet I jumped out and walked away, eager to be alone to enjoy the glory of it all away from the rasping voices, the worldly talk of my companions, the perpetual "littleness" of ideas that humanity drags with it everywhere. ❋ Victoria Cross (1910)

Professor Flint's usually candid mind has had a Creator, it nowhere displays the "littleness" of prejudice in so marked a degree as it does when "measuring his attributes." ❋ George John Romanes (1871)

Brewer wonders if we have been captured by "littleness" and warns that "Phariseeism dwarfs the soul, paralyzes the heart and vitiates sympathy and love." ❋ Unknown (2009)

"littleness," for I knew that I was still but a very small shaver -- smaller even than my age would indicate -- though I had a well-knit frame, and was tolerably tight and tough. ❋ Mayne Reid (1850)

Thus he showed, combined in his person, that excess of grandeur and of littleness which is acquired from the practice of royalty. " ❋ Unknown (1841)

I'll leave it to you, readers, to decide who's displayed the littleness of soul. ❋ Ethan Kahn (2011)

And although there is a restraining order that I – Peg – must stay at least 1000 miles from the so called lit. goddess of littleness … I was able to con her into a second interview! ❋ Unknown (2010)

And yet he chooses to close his essay with this: "Foodies are certainly single-minded, however, and single-mindedness--even in less obviously selfish forms--is always a littleness of soul." ❋ Ethan Kahn (2011)

He was beaten down to movelessness by an overwhelming sense of his own weakness and littleness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

My dear little Muse, come along!! and we'll mount up to Heaven; and when out of sight and hearing of the athletic school, look down upon the spot, and call to mind the littleness of the strong sinew and the Bully's voice. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They elevated me from all littleness of feeling; and although they did not remove my grief, they subdued and tranquillized it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A little of this goes a long way — and Mr. Conroy is no advocate of littleness. ❋ Eric Ormsby (2011)

Brain science, Eagleman believes, provides the final frontier in our understanding of our own littleness and contingency: the realisation that consciousness is not the centre of the mind but a limited and ambivalent function in a vast cosmological circuitry of non-conscious neurological functions. ❋ Unknown (2011)