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January 29, 2012
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
January 22, 2012
Truth is within ourselves; it takes no rise
From outward things, whate'er you may believe.
There is an inmost centre in us all,
Where truth abides in fulness; and around,
Wall upon wall, the gross flesh hems it in,
This perfect, clear perception—which is truth.
A baffling and perverting carnal mesh
Binds it, and makes all error: and to know
Rather consists in opening out a way
Whence the imprisoned splendour may escape,
Than in effecting entry for a light
Supposed to be without.
January 15, 2012
Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on the side of truth.
January 8, 2012
The “absolutely” true, meaning what no further experience will ever alter, is that ideal vanishing point towards which we imagine all our temporary truths will some day converge. It runs on all fours with the perfectly wise man, and with absolute complete experience; and, if these ideals are ever realized, they will all be realized together. Meanwhile we have to live today by what truth we can get today, and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.
William James
in
The Fascinations of The Pragmatic Method
quoted in Mary
– A Flesh and Blood Biography by Lesley Hazleton
January 1, 2012
Truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred.
