Not to accept everything, but to understand everything; not to approve of everything, but to forgive everything; not to adopt everything, but to search for the grain of truth that is contained in everything.
To reject no idea and no good intention, however awkward or feeble.
–Elisabeth Leseur (via Magnificat)
Not…but…
2 responses to “Not…but…”
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Aside from being generally applicable, this describes my job perfectly.
Have you ever read her diaries?
AMDG -
No, I don’t know anything about her apart from the brief notes attached to her quotations in Magnificat.
Light On Dark Water 
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