Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do. The Name of The Rose

“Is there anything surprising in one who passes from divine contemplations to the evil state of man, misbehaving himself in a ridiculous manner; if, while his eyes are blinking and before he has become accustomed to the surrounding darkness, he is compelled to fight in courts of law, or in other places, about the images or the shadows of images of justice, and is endeavouring to meet the conceptions of those who have never yet seen absolute justice?” Republic

“God is the same for all men, only men are different.” The Duel

For one who is having no personal experience, the passionate disquiet of others is at any rate a titillation of the nerves, like seeing a play or listening to music. Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman