talbotlucas.org: a word to the wise is sufficient

Lots of obituaries and personal recollections of Susan Sontag have been published since her passing, but this quote from Sontag in an appreciation by Patrick Giles really wowed me. After discussing his Catholicism with him and grilling him on his knowledge of major Catholic writers and thinkers, Sontag said,

Whatever you do, don't misuse what you believe so that it gets in the way of the truth. That's so easy to do, especially when so much around us encourages us to.