“That we are surrounded by deep mysteries is known to all but the incurably ignorant.”
“In the middle of this poor life, we are surrounded by mystery, and the pity of it is that we would rather just be poor. No real tolerance for mystery at all.”
“We all walk in mysteries. We are surrounded by an atmosphere about which we still know nothing at all.”
“We live on a minute island of known things. Our undiminished wonder at the mystery which surrounds us is what makes us human. In science fiction we can approach that mystery, not in small, everyday symbols, but in bigger ones of space and time.”
“We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.”
“If its deep mystery we would sound;”