“...perhaps charity is the kind of beauty that we comprehend the best because we miss it the most.”

“Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do comprehend.”

“He [Nicolaus Steno] told the audience, "Beautiful is what we see. More beautiful is what we understand. Most beautiful is what we do not comprehend.”

“Perhaps the greatest charity comes when we are kind to each other, when we don’t judge or categorize someone else, when we simply give each other the benefit of the doubt or remain quiet. Charity is accepting someone’s differences, weaknesses, and shortcomings; having patience with someone who has let us down; or resisting the impulse to become offended when someone doesn’t handle something the way we might have hoped. Charity is refusing to take advantage of another’s weakness and being willing to forgive someone who has hurt us. Charity is expecting the best of each other”

“It is perhaps when our lives are at their most problematic that we are likely to be most receptive to beautiful things.”

“Many of us are missing something in life because we are after the second best.”