Famous quotes containing the words universe and/or smaller:
“The universe is not rough-hewn, but perfect in its details. Nature will bear the closest inspection; she invites us to lay our eye level with the smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain. She has no interstices; every part is full of life.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“The higher we rise up, the smaller we appear to those who are unable to fly.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)