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“Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something we already have. It is a search for a final and irrefutable demonstration that our absolute truth is indeed the one and only truth. The proselytizing fanatic strengthens his own faith by converting others.”

World Desire Found Society Truth Is Absolutes Finals Passionate Demonstration Fanatics Absolute Truth Converting True Believer Proselytizing

Author:Eric Hoffer

“Leaving home' to me means adopting the attitude that the pursuit of the truth is more vital than the pursuit of what society — your home — tells you is important.”

Mean Important Home Truth Attitude Society Truth Is Leaving Pursuit Adopting Leaving Home

Book:Sex, Sin, and Zen: Buddhist Exploration of Sex from Celibacy to Polyamory and Everything in Between

Source: Sex, Sin, and Zen: Buddhist Exploration of Sex from Celibacy to Polyamory and Everything in Between

“Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society.”

Important Society Hero Morality Truth Is Branches Heroic Comeback

Book:Jefferson: Political Writings

Source: Jefferson: Political Writings

“The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.”

Culture Change Society Truth Is Determine Conservative

Book:Miles to Go: A Personal History of Social Policy

Source: Miles to Go: A Personal History of Social Policy

“Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.”

Thinking Men Philosophy Form Responsibility Greater Society Morality Truth Is Assuming Devotion Insane Insanity Heroic Hallmark Objectivism Atlas Insanity And Sanity

Book:The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

Source: The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall... think of it, always.”

“Tell the truth, because sooner or later the public will find out anyway. And if the public doesn't like what you are doing, change your policies and bring them into line with what people want.”

People Ifs Want Inspirational Truth Change Lines Society Policy Truth Is Telling The Truth Sooner Or Later Making Changes Interacting Social Interaction Interacting With Others

Author:Ivy Lee

“The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change; Then let it come: I have no dread of what Is called for by the instinct of mankind. Nor think I that God's world would fall apart Because we tear a parchment more or less. Truth is eternal, but her effluence, With endless change, is fitted to the hour; Her mirror is turned forward, to reflect The promise of the future, not the past. I do not fear to follow out the truth.”

Thinking World Past Fall Hours Society Mankind Tears Promise Truth Is Eternal Mirrors Instinct Endless Dread Falling Apart Rotten Ripe Do Not Fear Promise Of The Future

Book:Poems

Source: Poems