Extension Lines

Famous quotes containing the words extension and/or lines:

    “We know then the existence and nature of the finite, because we also are finite and have extension. We know the existence of the infinite and are ignorant of its nature, because it has extension like us, but not limits like us. But we know neither the existence nor the nature of God, because he has neither extension nor limits.”
    —Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

    “His more memorable passages are as naturally bright as gleams of sunshine in misty weather. Nature furnishes him not only with words, but with stereotyped lines and sentences from her mint.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)