Closest Disciple

Famous quotes containing the words closest and/or disciple:

    “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)

    “But [Jonas] quickly understood that a disciple was not necessarily someone who wishes to learn something. More often, on the contrary, one became a disciple for the unselfish pleasure of teaching one’s master.”
    —Albert Camus (1913–1960)