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All we can do is go around telling the truth.
-Carson McCullers
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Carson McCullers
All we can do is go around telling the truth.
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It is not given to man to know the whole truth. his duty lies in living up to the truth as he sees it, and in doing so, to resort to the purest means, i.e., to non-violence. god alone knows absolute truth. therefore, i have often said, truth is god. it follows that man, a finite being, cannot know absolute truth. nobody in this world possesses absolute truth. this is god's attribute alone. relative truth is all we know. therefore, we can only follow the truth as we see it. such pursuit of truth cannot lead anyone astray.
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A christian boy or girl can learn mathematics, for example, from a teacher who is not a christian; and truth is truth however learned. but while truth is truth however learned, the bearing of truth, the meaning of truth, the purpose of truth, even in the sphere of mathematics, seem entirely different to the christian from that which they seem to the non-christian; and that is why a truly christian education is possible only when christian conviction underlies not a part but all, of the curriculum of the school.
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... we are obliged to produce the truth by the power that demands truth and needs it in order to function: we are constrained, we are condemned to admit the truth or to discover it. power constantly asks questions and questions us; it constantly investigates and records; it institutionalizes the search for the truth, professionalizes it, and rewards it. ... in a different sense, we are also subject to the truth in the sense that truth lays down the law: it is the discourse of truth that decides, at least in part; it conveys and propels effects of power.
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Truth is always stranger than fiction. we craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be, but truth cannot be crafted. truth is, and truth has a way of astonishing us to our knees. reminding us, that the universe does not exist to fulfill our expectations. because we are imperfect beings who are self-blinded to the truth of the world’s stunning complexity, we shave reality to paper thin theories and ideologies that we can easily grasp – and we call them truths. but the truth of a sea in all it’s immensity cannot be embodied in one tidewashed pebble.
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Let’s be honest. who here thinks your professors can say what they really believe? it scares me to death, and should scare you too, that the superstition of political correctness rules the halls of reason. what does all of this mean? it means that telling us what to think has evolved into telling us what to say, so telling us what to do can’t be far behind. before you claim to be a champion of free thought, tell me: why did political correctness originate on america’s campuses? and why do you continue to tolerate it? why do you, who’re supposed to debate ideas, surrender to their suppression?
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But anatole said suddenly, 'don't expect god's protection in places beyond god's dominion. it will only make you feel punished. i'm warning you. when things go bad, you will blame yourself.' 'what are you telling me?' 'i am telling you what i'm telling you. don't try to make life a mathematics problem with yourself in the center and everything coming out equal. when you are good, bad things can still happen. and if you are bad, you can still be lucky.
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