He who gets nearer the sun is leader, the aristocrat of aristocrats, or he who, like Dostoevsky, gets nearest the moon of our non-being.
For the great mass of mankind the only saving grace that is needed is steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart in the short moment of each human effort.
Art is the most valued thing in the world. . . it is the expression of the highest form of human energy,the creative power nearest to the divine. The power is within - the question is how to reach it.
The nearest I can make it out, "Love your Enemies" means, "Hate your Friends"
Creation is man's immortality and brings him nearest to the gods.
Noble dragons don't have friends. The nearest they can get to the idea is an enemy who is still alive.
Nature is the true revelation of the Deity to man. The nearest green field is the inspired page from which you may read all that it is needful for you to know.
My nearest and dearest have always been very careful. I've never had to send Christmas present back yet.
To go far you must begin near, and the nearest step is the most important one.
Somewhere in our DNA must lie the key mutation (or, more probably, mutations) that set us apart—the mutations that make us the sort of creature that could wipe out its nearest relative, then dig up its bones and reassemble its genome.
Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.
It is the tendency of Government to grow, for practices and programs to become the nearest thing to eternal life we'll see on this earth.
[God] will not be used as a convenience. Men or nations who think they can revive the Faith in order to make a good society might just as well think they can use the stairs of heaven as a shortcut to the nearest chemist's shop.
If someone from the government tries to put his hands on your money. . . run away as fast as you can and tell the nearest conservative.
He (Honus Wagner) was the nearest thing to a perfect player no matter where his manager chose to play him.
To whom, then, must I dedicate my wonderful, surprising and interesting adventures? to whom dare I reveal my private opinion of my nearest relations? the secret thoughts of my dearest friends? my own hopes, fears, reflections and dislikes? Nobody!
It is curious how there seems to be an instinctive disgust in Man for his nearest ancestors and relations. If only Darwin could conscientiously have traced man back to the Elephant or the Lion or the Antelope, how much ridicule and prejudice would have been spared to the doctrine of Evolution.
Work is the nearest thing to happiness that I can find.
Look for where the sky is brightest along the horizon. That reflects the nearest river. Strike out for a river and you will find habitation.
The nearest I have ever seen to the great Willie Pep