Nearest Quotes

Nearest Quotes & Sayings

These nearest quotes and nearest sayings are from our famous and inspiring collection. A human being is a part of a whole, called by us 'universe,' a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. - Albert Einstein


Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods. - Socrates


The nearest to my heart are a king without a kingdom and a poor man who does not know how to beg. - Khalil Gibran


Look you! I myself am nearest to myself. - Lord Alfred Tennyson


Of all the things I've done in life, directing a motion picture is the most beautiful. It's the most exciting and the nearest that an interpretive craftsman, such as an actor can possibly get to being a creator. - Sir Laurence Olivier


To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness. - Mary Stuart [Queen of Scotland]


Yes, we must ever be friends; and of all who offer you friendship let me be ever the first, the truest, the nearest and dearest! - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. - Victor Hugo


Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and the one nearest at hand. - Michel Eyquem De Montaigne