“In order to understand the universal perspective,first you have to know more than a version of truth.”

“my desire to ascribe responsibility might be more a reflection of my own cast of mind than a fair analysis of what happened, like the fact that we need to know the history of the historian in order to understand the version that is being put in front of us”

“The more you know, the less you understand.That's so cliche'. Wanna know the scary version?The more you know, the more fuckups you find.That's what really makes you even less understand.”

“...a truth you don't understand is more dangerous than a lie.”

“As we know life in ourselves we want to understand life in the universe in order to enter into harmony with it.”

“We do not simply decide to believe, having been convinced by factual evidence. We first grasp the truth, being enabled by the Holy Spirit, and then the external evidence for the truth suddenly takes on new significance. Thus we ‘understand’ by faith. Anselm said, ‘I believe in order that I may understand’ whereas Abelard said, ‘I seek to understand in order that I may believe.”