From the crooked timber of humanity, never was a straight thing made.
—Immanuel Kant
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was even made.
—Immanuel Kant
From the crooked timber of humanity, a straight board cannot be hewn.
—Immanuel Kant
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.
—Immanuel Kant
From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
—Immanuel Kant
The will of God is a path leading straight to God. The will of man, which once ran parallel with it, is now another path, not only different from it, but in our present state, directly contrary to it: It leads from God.
—John Wesley
The world situation is such that nothing less than God can straighten it out;
Let us not fail the world & disappoint God by failing to pray
—AW Tozer
There is wonderful freedom in this life of simply following Jesus. This path is straight and plain.
—R. A. Torrey
Ah, steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes? Is there a sensitive ear, alert as a flame, in your every fiber? Hearing the familiar song from above, all in one accord you strain your bronze chests and, hooves barely touching the ground, turn into straight lines cleaving the air, and all inspired by God it rushes on!
—Nikolai Gogol
I saw that I’d get nowhere on the straight path, and that to go crookedly was straighter.
—Nikolai Gogol