“An abyss cannot be crossed in two steps.”
“I wonder if you encountered this dictum first spoken by a twentieth-century statesman: "An abyss cannot be crossed in two steps.”
“There may be two or three or four steps, according to the genius of each, but for every seeing soul there are two absorbing facts, --I and the abyss.”
“We cannot take a step toward the heavens. God crosses the universe and comes to us.”
“Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.”
“We are two abysses - a well staring at the sky.”