Desire is creation, is the magical element in that process. If there were an instrument by which to measure desire, one could foretell achievement. Willa Cather
Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time. Jorge Luis Borges
Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it. Michael Ende
Often have I sighed to measure By myself a lonely pleasure, Sighed to think I read a book, Only read, perhaps, by me. William Wordsworth
Never use a dwarf to measure the depth of the water. Hindi Proverb
Others will measure you with the same rod you use to measure them. Brazilian Proverb