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Distance Quotes by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- When the boy begins to understand that the visible point is preceded by an invisible point, that the shortest distance between two points is conceived…
- Distance... is like futurity. A dim vastness is spread before our souls; the perceptions of our mind are as obscure as those of our vision...…
- To know someone here or there with whom you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances or thoughts expressed That can make life…
- People of a vertain rank will always keep a cool distance from common people, as if they were afraid to lose their dignity by too…
More Distance Quotes
- The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand… — Diane Ackerman
- Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there? — Richard Bach
- Technology gives us the facilities that lessen the barriers of time and distance - the telegraph and cable, the telephone, radio, and… — Emily Greene Balch
- Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous and wondrous,… — Alan Ball
- We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they… — Henry Ward Beecher
- Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid. — Ugo Betti
- Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. — Ambrose Bierce
- Estrangement shows itself precisely in the elimination of distance between people. — Theodor Adorno
- It's a big thing now: A lot of people want to be assistants to celebrities. If you're pursuing that, you're an idiot.… — Lewis Black
- It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. — Aesop
- Distance does not decide who is your brother and who is not. The church is going to have to become the conscience… — Bono
- Laughter is the closest distance between two people. — Victor Borge