“Unless I understand the Cross, I cannot understand why my commitment to what is right must be precedence over what I prefer.”
“I cannot understand why my arm is not a lilac tree.”
“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
“What I cannot create, I do not understand.”
“It's only now that I realize that behaviour always has a context and precedents, it's what you do rather than what you are, although we often never recognise that context or understand what these precedents are.”
“A European says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with me? An American says: I can't understand this, what's wrong with him?I make no suggestion that one side or other is right, but observation over many years leads me to believe it is true.”