Quotes about Understanding

wisdom begins with the humility to say there's a great deal I don't understand.

I feel like a child who has found a wonderful trail in the woods. Countless others have gone before and blazed the trail, but to the child it's as new and fresh as if it had never been walked before. The child is invariably anxious for others to join in the great adventure. It's something that can only be understood by actual experience. Those who've begun the journey, and certainly those who've gone further than I, will readily understand what I am saying.

Father to teenage son: My relationship with you is more important than anything I've got to say to you.

Charles Spurgeon's answer was to recognize that whatever God's Word teaches is true, whether or not it all makes sense to us. He said, I

What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." —A. W. Tozer

Every worldview has to bring together reason and faith.

God has disclosed himself in descriptive terms that give us enough information to be able to know who he is, and he has hidden enough of himself for us to learn the balance between faith and reason.

Our intellect is not intended to be an end in itself, but only a means to the very mind of God.

The truth is that whenever a fence is removed, it's wise to ask why it was put there in the first place.

If you cannot understand me in my speech, how can you understand me in my silence?

Apologetics is not just giving answers to questions — it is questioning people's answers, and even questioning their questions. When you question someone's question, you compel him or her to open up about his or her own assumptions. Our assumptions must be examined.

What the person means by saying, "You must be open to everything" is really, "You must be open to everything that I am open to, and anything that I disagree with, you must disagree with too." Indian