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When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything. The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everything.

Shunryu Suzuki
Self, Trying, Way
Shunryū Suzuki, Trudy Dixon, Richard Baker (2006). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.136, Shambhala Publications
When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything. The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everything.