“A space representing the shortest distances for messages to travel…”

Smilet er den korteste afstand mellem to mennesker
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From his autobiography Smilet er den korteste afstand
Source: Victor Borge, "Smilet er den korteste afstand (The Smile is the Shortest Distance)"

Source: A Wrinkle in Time: With Related Readings

Nun gilt für die kürzeste Verbindung zwischen zwei Personen die Gerade, so als ob sie Punkte wären.
E. Jephcott, trans. (1974), § 20
Minima Moralia (1951)

Source: Anthony De Mello : Writings (1999), p. 8
Context: A master was once unmoved by the complaints of his disciples that, though they listened with pleasure to his parables and stories, they were also frustrated for they longed for something deeper. To all their objections he would simply reply: "You have yet to understand, my friends, that the shortest distance between a human being and truth is a story."

Paul M. Churchland (1996) The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul: A Philosophical Journey Into the Brain. MIT Press, 1996. p. 3

Source: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Source: The Doctrine of the Mean

Accord de différentes loix de la nature qui avoient jusqu’ici paru incompatibles (1744)