“Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree : you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say 'this we know'.”
“Your time on this earth is a gift to be used wisely. Don't squander your words or your thoughts. Consider that even the simplest actions you take for your lives matter beyond measure...and they matter forever.”
“For, has not the world come to an awfully sophisticated pass, when, after a certain degree of acquaintance with it, we cannot even put ourselves to death in whole-hearted simplicity?”
“Thought is what we start from: the simple, intimate, immediate datum. Matter is the inferred thing, the mystery.”
“Life, Stormy says, is not about how fast you run or even with what degree of grace. It's about perseverance, about staying on your feet and slogging forward no matter what.”
“Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.”