Through the years I have panned for gold in other ways, trying to sift out what is true and good and pure and beautiful doing graduate work in philosophy was one of the ways I panned for gold. Studying theology was another. Delving more deeply into the arts enriched the whole realm of my experience. In all these places I found my share of fool's gold, yes, but I found the real thing too.
— Patricia Adams Farmer, Embracing a Beautiful God