The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Sockman’s metaphor links learning to geography: as one’s “island of knowledge” expands, it exposes more “shoreline” where the known meets the unknown. The point is not that knowledge eliminates mystery, but that it clarifies how much remains unexplored. The image also suggests intellectual humility: expertise should increase curiosity rather than complacency, because every new explanation opens further questions at the boundaries. In a religious and ethical register (common in Sockman’s preaching), the line can be read as an argument that wonder is not the enemy of reason; it is reason’s companion, keeping inquiry alive and guarding against dogmatism.