If you stumble at mere believability, what are you living for? Isn't love hard to believe? pg. 297
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- If simple believability troubles you, question your purpose since love and life also demand belief without proof.
- In plain terms
- Life and love are hard to believe too, so why demand proof for everything?
- What can you take from it?
- Belief is part of living.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you believe without proof?
- Why does believability matter to you?
Another view
Demanding evidence can be rational in other contexts.
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