To me, the truth is what actually happened. Yet it is impossible to know anything approaching the whole truth about past events. Even the people living them could not possibly understand. That truth is always out of reach
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker defines truth as events but admits knowing the full truth is impossible.
- In plain terms
- Truth is what happened but we cannot know the whole truth.
- What can you take from it?
- Humility is needed when claiming to know the truth.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is the whole truth?
- How sure are you of the past?
Another view
Sometimes enough truth is known to act.
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