Cell Walls

Famous quotes containing the words cell and/or walls:

“Let man consider what he is in comparison with all existence; let him regard himself as lost in this remote corner of nature; and from the little cell in which he finds himself lodged, I mean the universe, let him estimate at their true value the earth, kingdoms, cities, and himself. What is a man in the infinite?”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)

“The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.”
—Italo Calvino (1923–1985)