Thus we have on stage two men, each of whom knows nothing of what he believes the other knows, and to deceive each other reciprocally both speak in allusions, each of the two hoping (in vain) that the other holds the key to his puzzle.
They would not find me changed from him they knew — Only more sure of all I thought was true.
Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command … but … attempts … to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays which permeate the created world, placing in doubt the truth about God who is Love and leaving man with only a sense of the master-slave relationship.
It goes with a courageous intent to greet the universe as it really is, not to foist our emotional predispositions on it but to courageously accept what our explorations tell us.
Just because other people think something, that doesn't make it true. Maybe there's some truth in that, but it's unsatisfying, bitter-tasting truth.
She told the truth as she saw it, and she died for it. I came along for the ride, and I lived. It wasn't worth it. But it was the truth, and it was what had to happen.
I don't reckon misery loves any damn thing at all.
And if we do not stand now, then when will a stand be taken against evil?
The truth is, the Devil's job is easy.
Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.
You have to notice the truth in order to be able to avoid it.
And whatever my life had been up to that day, it was another life after that. And that is the gospel truth.
Because supposedly those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.
Comments are free but facts are sacred.
You want me to be truthful.. for your convenience.. but in turn.. you consider to be mendacious for your own convenience.. !! Gr8..!!
I don't believe that aliens exist, but I do believe that any new facts can strengthen foundation of my belief.
In fact we put so many things in our mouths we constantly have to be reminded what not to eat. Look at that little package of silicon gel that's inside your sneakers. It says DO NOT EAT for a reason. Somewhere sometime some genius bought a pair of sneakers and said Ooooh look. They give you free mints with the shoes
Truth is the same always. Whoever ponders it will get the same answer. Buddha got it. Patanjali got it. Jesus got it. Mohammed got it. The answer is the same, but the method of working it out may vary this way or that. (115)
The planet was being destroyed by manufacturing processes, and what was being manufactured was lousy, by and large.
Good is never accomplished except at the cost of those who do it, truth never breaks through except through the sacrifice of those who spread it.
