The truth comes as conqueror only because we have lost the art of receiving it as guest.

Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand With a grip that kills it.

God, the Great Giver, can open the whole universe to our gaze in the narrow space of a single land.

My debts are large, my failures great, my shame secret and heavy; yet I come to ask for my good, I quake in fear lest my prayer be granted. ~ 28

Whatever nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we pay for it full…

If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you, and you'll never learn.