1 The sublimity connected with vastness, is familiar to every eye. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James F. Cooper, Familiarity, Sublimity, Vastness, 0 James F. Cooper Author · USA Copy
2 A single ear of corn in a large field is as strange as a single world in infinite space. Author, January 16, 2024January 9, 2025, Metrodorus of Chios, Insignificance, Isolation, Vastness, 0 Metrodorus of Chios Copy
3 Each particle of matter is an immensity, each leaf a world, each insect an inexplicable compendium. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Johann Kaspar Lavater, Complexity, Insignificance, Vastness, 0 Johann Kaspar Lavater Poet, writer, and theologian · Switzerland Copy
4 She feared the unknown as we all do, and her ignorance made the unknown infinitely vast. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Joseph Conrad, Fear, Ignorance, Vastness, 0 Joseph Conrad Writer · Poland Copy
5 Our life is but a grain of sand in the indifferent ocean of infinity. Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Sergei Dovlatov, Insignificance, Vastness, 0 Sergei Dovlatov Copy
6 Overhead, the stars were wheeling and infinite, a complicated mobile made by giants. Author, January 2, 2024January 1, 2025, Maggie Stiefvater, Awe, Vastness, Wonder, 0 Maggie Stiefvater Author Copy
7 Only an open mind is big enough to contain the secrets of the universe. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Vera Stanley Alder, Knowledge, Openness, Vastness, 0 Vera Stanley Alder Author · United Kingdom Copy
8 The universe ought to be presumed too vast to have any character. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Sanders Peirce, Insignificance, Mystery, Vastness, 0 Charles Sanders Peirce Philosopher · USA Copy
9 It’s dizzying to think how huge the world is, or to realize how tiny you are Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Pedro Juan Gutierrez, Insignificance, Perspective, Vastness, 0 Pedro Juan Gutierrez Writer · Cuba Copy
10 The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not have vastness. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Robert Delaunay, Knowledge, Perception, Vastness, 0 Robert Delaunay Painter · France Copy
11 Siberia is so big, it’s almost more an idea than a place Author, November 6, 2023January 2, 2025, Ian Frazier, conceptual, Geography, Vastness, 0 Ian Frazier Writer · USA Copy
12 The world is a navy in an empty ocean. Author, September 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Dejan Stojanovic, Isolation, Uncertainty, Vastness, 0 Dejan Stojanovic Poet · Serbia Copy
13 So vast is art, so narrow human wit. Author, August 31, 2023January 2, 2025, Alexander Pope, Art, Limitation, Vastness, 0 Alexander Pope Poet · England Copy
14 A sky full of silent suns. Author, August 12, 2023January 2, 2025, Jean Paul, Beauty, Tranquility, Vastness, 0 Jean Paul Writer · Germany Copy
15 The universe is a great university. Author, June 16, 2023January 2, 2025, Sai Baba, Education, Interconnectedness, Vastness, 0 Sai Baba Guru · India Copy
Genius is the capacity for seeing relationships where lesser men see none. William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA
