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“They proved to me by convincing reasons that God does not exist; Afterwards I saw God, for he came and embraced me. And now what am I to believe- the reasoning of others or my own experience? Truth is what the soul has seen and experienced; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.”

Believe Doe Soul Reason God My Own Opinion Saws Truth Is Prejudice Appearance Reasoning Convincing

Author:Sri Aurobindo

“Truth is not a matter of argumentation and conviction; it is not the outcome of opinion.”

Matter Truth Opinion Truth Is Conviction Outcomes Argumentation

Book:Commentaries on Living

Source: Commentaries on Living

“What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.”

Men Play Feelings Opinion Truth Is Universal Temporary Application Mischief

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)

“Again and again one can listen: this is my opinion, I think this or that... As if it matters, what one or the other thinks! The point is much more to what the truth is!”

Ifs Thinking Matter Opinion Listening Truth Is Again And Again

Author:Rudolf Steiner

“Truth is a very different thing from fact; it is the loving contact of the soul with spiritual fact, vital and potent. It does not work in the soul independently of all faculty or qualification there for setting it forth or defending it. Truth in the inward parts is a power, not an opinion.”

Doe Different Soul Facts Truth Spiritual Opinion Truth Is Setting Contact Settings Different Things Faculty Inward Qualifications

Book:THOMAS WINGFOLD, CURATE + PAUL FABER, SURGEON + THERE AND BACK - The Complete Series: The Curate's Awakening, The Lady's Confession & The Baron's Apprenticeship

Source: THOMAS WINGFOLD, CURATE + PAUL FABER, SURGEON + THERE AND BACK - The Complete Series: The Curate's Awakening, The Lady's Confession & The Baron's Apprenticeship

“The argument against the persecution of opinion does not depend upon what the excuse for persecution may be. The argument is that we none of us know all truth, that the discovery of new truth is promoted by free discussion and rendered very difficult by suppression.”

Knows May Doe Truth Difficult Opinion Depends Truth Is Discovery Argument Excuse Discussion Persecution Suppression

Book:Religion and Science

Source: Religion and Science

“There are two threats to reason, the opinion that one knows the truth about the most important things and the opinion that there is no truth about them. Both of these opinions are fatal to philosophy; the first asserts that the quest for truth is unnecessary, while the second asserts that it is impossible. The Socratic knowledge of ignorance, which I take to be the beginning point of all philosophy, defines the sensible middle ground between two extremes.”

Knows Firsts Two Important Reason Philosophy Opinion Impossible Middle Ignorance Truth Is Important Things Threat Extremes Sensible Quests Unnecessary Middle Ground Two Extremes Socratic

Author:Allan Bloom

“The Truth is not Arbitrary or a Matter of Opinion, but can be Investigated, and Those who Earnestly Search for the Truth will Find It. The Truth is Hidden to the Blind, but he who has the Mental Eye Sees the Truth.”

Matter Eye Opinion Truth Is Blind Arbitrary

Author:Gautama Buddha

“One little human truth is that opinionated people don't hold much with other people's opinions, and it is a great pleasure to some of them to be able to ascribe incurable defects, such as belonging to a certain sex; or base motives, or lack of understanding, to anyone whose views they disagree with.”

People Humans Littles Able Certain Sex Understanding Pleasure Views Opinion Truth Is Motive Belonging Disagree Defects Opinionated Lack Of Understanding

Author:Katherine Anne Porter

“Publicity is the only thing some people fear. An aroused public opinion has been the cause of most reforms. Telling the truth is perhaps the pacifist's only weapon. Over and over again, even the suggestion that one may publish the facts has changed a scornful, bullying opponent into an almost subservient helper. But how dangerous it is!”

Source: It Occurred to Me

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”

“What is true has never been a question to be decided by polls or popular opinion. Truth isn’t ‘democratic’—it’s something that God has written into the very fabric of nature.”

Opinion Written Truth Is Decided Democratic Fabric Polls Popular Opinion

Author:Charles Colson