Appearances are often deceiving.
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it.
I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.
The key to wisdom is this – constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.
We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.
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