“From such crooked timber as humanity is made of, no straight thing was ever constructed.”

“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.”

“From the crooked timber of humanity, never was a straight thing made.”

“From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.”

“Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was even made.”

“Space and time are the framework within which the mind is constrained to construct its experience of reality.”

“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within.”