Everything and everybody is sooner or later identified, defined, and put in perspective. The truth as always is simultaneously better and worse than what the popular myth-making has it.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Reality is complex and often differs from simplified popular myths.
- In plain terms
- Truth is mixed, not just good or bad as myths say.
- What can you take from it?
- Question popular myths about truth.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What myths shape your view?
- How do you find truth?
Another view
Truth remains hard to define objectively.
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