The older I grow and the more I abandon myself to God's will, the less…

Umberto Eco
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The older I grow and the more I abandon myself to God's will, the less I value intelligence that wants to know and will that wants to do; and as the only element of salvation I recognize faith, which can wait patiently, without asking too many questions. ✨ Umberto Eco (2014). The Name of the Rose, p.420, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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