Matter/structure

Famous quotes containing the words matter and/or structure:

“Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say “this we know.””
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

“... the structure of our public morality crashed to earth. Above its grave a tombstone read, “Be tolerant—even of evil.” Logically the next step would be to say to our commonwealth’s criminals, “I disagree that it’s all right to rob and murder, but naturally I respect your opinion.” Tolerance is only complacence when it makes no distinction between right and wrong.”
—Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 2, ch. 2 (1962)