I think the best comedy enlightens, informs, and changes the way people look at the world.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes.
Love works a different way in different minds, the fool it enlightens and the wise it blinds.
The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.
Everything you do, every experience that you have, enlightens you a little bit or worsens you.
The film 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' based the book of the same name, has a line that enlightens and comforts me. The protagonist, who has lost all ability to move except one eye, discusses his role as a father. He notes, 'Even a fraction of a father is still a father.'
Faith in God is the gift that takes us beyond our limited self, with all its incessant demands. It opens us to a life that stretches us, enlightens us, and often springs surprises upon us. Such faith, like love, sees that which is invisible and lives by it.
