Quotes about Understanding

There are many things which we can afford to forget which it is yet well to learn.

To know is not less than to feel.

You cannot hate other people without hating your self.

For whatever be the knowledge which we are able to obtain of God, either by perception or reflection, we must of necessity believe that He is by many degrees far better than what we perceive Him to be.

All good thinking is a matter of asking and answering three elementary questions. What is being said? Is it true? What of it?

Jesus never spoke to two people the same way, and neither should we. Every single person is unique and individual and deserves an approach that respects that uniqueness.

As the early church boasted rightly, the message of Jesus is both simple enough for a child to paddle in and deep enough for an elephant to swim in.

There is a time for stories, and there is a time for rational arguments, and the skill we need lies in knowing which to use, and when. Put

The fact is that without God, we cannot know God. For a start, we are incapable of knowing God by ourselves, so he has to disclose himself—in revelation. But beyond that, God is a person and not an object, so if we are to know him, he must keep on showing himself to us—in relationship. Knowing God therefore begins and ends with God, and it is a gift whose name is grace.

What is the difference between God disguising himself and deceiving us? That is where the principle of suspended judgment operates. Face to face with mystery, and especially the mystery of evil, the faith that understands why it has come to trust must trust where it has not come to understand. Faith does not know why in terms of the immediate, but it knows why it trusts God who knows why in terms of the ultimate.

The first level of understanding necessary to faith is becoming critically aware of our dilemma in life without God.

Biography can overwhelm philosophy in the best of us.