The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. Blaise Pascal
My duty is not affected by what others may or may not do to discharge their own. David Weber
Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt. Pierre Trudeau
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise. W. Somerset Maugham
We live in the midst of invisible forces whose effects alone we perceive. We move among invisible forms whose actions we very often do not perceive at all, though we may be profoundly affected by them. Dion Fortune
Regular feet can't be affected by irregular shoes. Chinese Proverb