"In my view, the intellect is not an efficient weapon to deal with this question of ultimate reality. True, it raises the question, but this does not mean that it is qualified to answer it. The asking of the question in fact demonstrates the urge to find something ultimate on which we can earnestly stake our human destiny."
"Underlying our intellection, there is faith. When the intellect gives shape to itself, it cherishes a doubt as to the presence of faith, and this makes the intellect wander further and further away from its roots. In fact, all intellectual efforts we make to solve the problem of reality are really directed towards the restoration of faith from which the problem started. The trouble with the intellect is that it does not realize what it is working for. Imagining that it has its own end, it goes on posing question after question. Or one might describe the process in another way: faith, negating itself, is turned into doubt, and doubt, which is at the bottom of curiosity and questioning, starts up intellection. When intellection comes to an impasse to which it will surely come one day if it works honestly it sees itself reflected in the mirror of faith, which is its homecoming. The intellect thus finally arrives at the great affirmation."
SUZUKI TEITARO DAISETZ
The Buddhist Conception of Reality
