“Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong.”

“He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”

“There is nothing more terrifying than the absoluteness of one who believes he's right.”

“He...preferred always the more to the less remote, what, seeming exceptional, was an instance of law more refined...”

“A fundamentalist is someone who wants to substitute what he believes for what you believe," Max said. "And someone who thinks he knows the will of God better than anyone else.”

“He didn't believe in a God who sifted through prayers, answering some and ignoring others, no matter how unworthy or worthy a person might be. Instead, he preferred to believe in a God who bestowed all people with gifts and abilities and placed them in an imperfect world; only then was faith tested, only then could faith be earned.”