What falls away is always. And is near.
When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near.
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
Verily He answereth him who prayeth unto Him, and is near unto him who calleth on Him.
One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before.
When someone is close by, you just know it.
When you have something that close to you, you want to make sure that you're aware of it.
The further from one another, the nearer one can be.
We have every reason to rejoice when there are so many gains and when favorable conditions abound on every hand. The end is not yet in sight, but it can not be far away. The road before us is shorter than the road behind.
The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
Today I am one day nearer Home than ever before.
Any librarian or scholar will tell you: Close is not the same as accurate.
If I held you any closer I would be on the other side of you.
From my apartment in Arlington, I could see Washington. It was always nice to be near home.
St. Louis is closer to Minneapolis than Milwaukee is.
It is not merely the likeness which is precious... but the association and the sense of nearness involved in the thing... the fact of the very shadow of the person lying there fixed forever! It is the very sanctification of portraits I think - and it is not at all monstrous in me to say that I would rather have such a memorial of one I dearly loved, than the noblest Artist's work ever produced.
Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet- Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
To the vulgar eye, few things are wonderful that are not distant
The past is no farther away than your pillow.
No distance is too far.
I see clearly that the thing the church needs most today is the ability to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful; it needs nearness, proximity.
Eternity doth wear upon her face the veil of time. They only see the veil, and thus they know not what they stand so near!
You cannot see the mountain near.
Your nearness is the nearness of planets. I am the void between you. If I withdraw there will be no void for you to swim in.
Her face lay still on the air under his face.
