Abyss Quote by Thomas Merton

What can we gain by sailing to the moon if we are not able to cross the abyss that separates us from ourselves? This…

— Thomas Merton

If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence.

— Anonymous

I suppose we shall soon travel by air-vessels; make air instead of sea voyages; and at length find our way to the moon, in…

— Lord Byron

There is no hope for the fanciful idea of reaching the moon because of insurmountable barriers to escaping the earth's gravity

— Forest Ray Moulton

You cant cross the ocean unless you have enough courage to lose the sight of the shore

— CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

What greater thing can you do than walk on the moon?

— Martin Kemp

The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.

— Cesare Pavese

And if you are not a bird, then beware of coming to rest above an abyss.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Ah, what balance is needed at the edges of such an abyss. I am left alone on the surface of a turning planet. What…

— R. S. Thomas

We are going to the moon that is not very far. Man has so much farther to go within himself.

— Anais Nin

I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of…

— Neil Armstrong

When you see the abyss, and we have looked into it, then what? There isn't much room at the edge -- one person, another,…

— Elie Wiesel