I don't see as it matters much how well you mean if it's harm you're doin'.

it was a sly trick of God's to give a man work to do - it kept him from asking questions that God couldn't answer.

A false vision was better than none.

Time passed so much more slowly than space.

a man can break God's laws and be forgiven. That's what they teach us. But when he breaks Nature's laws, there's no forgiveness - and there's no escape. Sooner or later he pays the penalty, or his children pay it - or his children's children. It doesn't matter much. It must be paid.

A sickness ... defines margins, crystallizes the shape of things.

But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it.