Some tzaddikim tell a parable about a king who ordered an extraordinary and unique royal crown, encrusted with gold and jewels.
The greatest artisan toiled to make it, but when he had to place the most precious stone in the centerpiece, his fingers trembled so much that he was unable to do so; he understood what it meant to be dealing with the king’s crown.
And so he summoned a simple villager who knew nothing about the king or the crown and told him to put the stone in its place, which the villager easily did.
Like that villager, we are able to study Torah only because we are unaware, to some extent, of what we are doing.
—Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz