The truth is really an ambition which is beyond us.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- True understanding or honesty is an ideal that humans struggle to fully reach.
- In plain terms
- Truth is hard to fully understand or achieve.
- What can you take from it?
- Acknowledge limits of human knowledge.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What truth do you seek?
- Is absolute truth possible?
Another view
Progress depends on believing truth is reachable.
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