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The truth posed a great dilemma for a man who always had to be right, and yet, for all his grandeur, was often wrong.

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Mortimer Adler

. . . always keep in mind that an article of faith is not something that the faithful assume. Faith, for those who have it, is the most certain form of knowledge, not a tentative opinion.

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All genuine learning is active, not passive. It involves the use of the mind, not just the memory. It is a process of discovery, in which the student is the main agent, not the teacher.

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More consequences for thought and action follow the affirmation or denial of God than from answering any other basic question.

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Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.

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To agree without understanding is inane. To disagree without understanding is impudent.

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I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith. They feel no obligation to understand what they believe. They may even wish not to have their beliefs disturbed by thought. But if God in whom they believe created them with intellectual and rational powers, that imposes upon them the duty to try to understand the creed of their religion. Not to do so is to verge on superstition.

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