Quotes about Symmetry
I am of the opinion that … one can judge soundly of the scriptural doctrine of election only when one rejects this symmetry (i.e. the 'equal ultimacy' of election and reprobation) ... as an unbiblical distortion of the message of the Divine election.
— GC Berkouwer
I do not call one greater and one smaller, That which fills its period and place is equal to any.
— Walt Whitman
With our touch, Jesus becomes our scapegoat. In his touch, Jesus takes our sin and absorbs our shame (Psalm 69:9; Romans 15:3), and we receive his righteousness. If you prefer symmetry in your relationships, in which you give a gift of similar value to the one you receive, you have not yet touched Jesus.
— Edward Welch
The flowering of geometry.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Like associates with like.
— Cicero
The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm in form as well as in sound, is one of the most inveterate of human instincts.
— Edith Wharton
The desire for symmetry, for balance, for rhythm is one of the most inveterate of human instincts." -The Decoration of Houses
— Edith Wharton
Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
[T]he small is great, the great is small; all is in equilibrium in necessity.
— Victor Hugo
The essence of taste is suitability. Divest the word of its prim and priggish implications, and see how it expresses the mysterious demand of eye and mind for symmetry, harmony, and order.
— Edith Wharton
As the old proverb says "Like readily consorts with like."
— Cicero
People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson