Distance Light Travels

Famous quotes containing the words distance, light and/or travels:

“Egoism is the law of perspective as it applies to feelings, according to which what is closest to us appears to be large and weighty, while size and weight decrease with our distance from things.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

“When goose down is sent a thousand miles, the gift may be light but the sentiment is weighty.”
—Chinese proverb.

“... forgotten signs
all bringing the soul’s travels to a place
of origin, a well
under the lake where the Muse moves.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)