The history of science is the saga of nature defying common sense.
The angel within me thrives on the devil within me.
The worst of lusts is vanity.
Ask a scientist a very profound question on his science, and he will be silent. Ask a religious person a very simple question on his religion, and he will be frenzied.
The sound of life has divine silence.
Every noble action is selfish. Some selfish actions are nobler than others. But they are all selfish. And as such there can be no action purely noble anyway. Even the nobility in God's great philosophical intentions is bounded by his vanity.