The truth knocks on the door and you say, 'Go away, I'm looking for the truth,' and so it goes away. Puzzling.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- When we actively avoid truth, it disappears, making the pursuit paradoxical.
- In plain terms
- Avoiding truth makes it vanish.
- What can you take from it?
- Stop resisting truth to let it be found.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do we push truth away?
- What does it mean to 'find' truth?
Another view
Sometimes what we call 'truth' is subjective and elusive.
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