True Knowledge and Wisdom

Knowing how and why does not diminish the brightness of the stars, whatever their true distances. A leaf is still a leaf with all its beauty still intact, despite chlorophyll and osmosis and cell structure.

There is more wonder in knowledge than in all your inchoate romantic fantasies. Mystery remains a mystery, but knowledge grows like a strong healthy tree, spreading deep routes and budding forth a truer wisdom than any naïve mysticism.