About author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: american
- Born: July 21, 1933
- Died: September 14, 1982
Related Authors
Topics
Quotes currently Trending

To understand reality is not the same as to know about outward events. It is to perceive the essential nature of things. The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential. But on the other hand, knowledge of an apparently trivial detail quite often makes it possible to see into the depths of things. And so the wise man will seek to acquire the best possible knowledge about...
Dietrich Bonhoeffer


