“The purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is forever swept away, and the soul recovers the noble attitude of simplicity.” SoulFactsLyingAttitudeForeverInfluenceHonestySpringSimplicityNobleConfessionSwept AwayPurifying Book:Romola Source: Romola
“The bottom of being is left logically opaque to us, a datum in the strict sense of the word, something we simply come upon and find, and about which (if we wish to act) we should pause and wonder as little as possible. In this confession lies the lasting truth of empiricism.” IfsShouldLittlesLyingLeftWishWonderBottomDataLastingConfessionPausesStrictEmpiricismOpaque Book:Essays in Philosophy Source: Essays in Philosophy