Knowledge

“فإن الأخطاء أحيانًا قد تكون منيرة مثل الإصابات؛ لأنها تفتح كوة على ناحية لم تكن مفتوحة من قبل.”

“For it is not the same for us to be taught by the All-holy Spirit, and [to be taught] by man.”

“The specific object of what Broch liked to call “novelistic knowledge” is existence.”

“It is difficult to lead someone else along paths which one does not know for oneself.”

“There are lots of street smarts that you won’t find in a text book, which I teach in my seminars, that could increase people’s quality of life.”

“We are lagging behind in the knowledge of our own history.”

“Los mexicanos cultivaron además la poesía, la retórica, la oratoria, la aritmética, la astronomía y otras disciplinas.”

“Pero a la verdad que este estado de la cultura del hombre supone haber pasado por grados desde la noche y tinieblas de la ignorancia y barbarie hasta la aurora y el día de la ilustración.”

“We cannot tell in advance which research will have an impact. It must all be encouraged for its own sake.”

“The best obtainable version of the truth ... is really the objective.”

“Suffering is the price the intelligent person has to pay.”

“It is not knowledge that helps you advance, but the love that transfigures.”

“經以明道，而求道者不必空執義理求之也。但當正文字、辨音讀、釋訓詁、通傳注，則義理自見而道在其中矣。”

“Благочестие требует не токмо, чтоб истинное о Боге иметь познание, но чтоб и нелицемерное и боголепное воздавать Ему почтение.”

“We need the whole church to interpret the whole Bible because every culture has its blind spots.”

“I have a very great curiosity for words; I think there is a word for everything.”

“I wanted to discover the limits of my abilities.”

“Theology is not abstruse speculation, an academic game.”