Beauty is in the ideal of perfect harmony which is in the universal being; truth the perfect comprehension of the universal mind. We individuals approach it through our own mistakes and blunders, through our accumulated experience, through our illumined consciousness- how, otherwise, can we know truth?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Beauty and truth exist in universal harmony and mind; individuals approach them through mistakes and experience.
- In plain terms
- Beauty and truth are universal; we learn through mistakes.
- What can you take from it?
- Errors help us understand universal truths.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What did a mistake teach you?
- How do you find truth?
Another view
Not all mistakes lead to truth.
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