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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Two things fill the mind with ever-increasing wonder and awe, the more often and the more intensely the mind of thought is drawn to them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.”