“Heretical views arise when the truth is uncertain, and it is only when the truth is uncertain that censorship is invoked.” TruthViewsTruth IsSpeechPositive AtheismAriseCensorshipUncertain Book:Atheism: collected essays, 1943-1949 Source: Atheism: collected essays, 1943-1949
“The truth is that art does not teach; it makes you feel, and any teaching that may arise from the feeling is an extra, and must not be stressed too much. In the modern world, and in Canada as much as anywhere, we are obsessed with the notion that to think is the highest achievement of mankind, but we neglect the fact that thought untouched by feeling is thin, delusive, treacherous stuff.” ThinkingWorldFeelsMayDoeArtFactsFeelingsStuffTeachToo MuchTeachingModernMankindTruth IsAchievementHighestNotionAriseObsessedExtrasCanadaNeglectModern WorldStressedTreacherous Book:Fortune, My Foe and Eros at Breakfast Source: Fortune, My Foe and Eros at Breakfast
“The truth is that trout fishermen scheme and lie and toss in their sleep. They dream of great dripping trout, shapely and elusive as mermaids, and arise cranky and haggard from their fantasies. They are moody and neglectful and all of them a little daft. Moreover they are inclined to drink too much.” LittlesDreamLyingSleepFantasyToo MuchSeaDrinkTruth IsRiversFishesAriseBoatLakesFishingSchemesElusiveFishermanTossMermaidTroutDrippingMoodyCrankyDaftHaggard Author:John D. Voelker
“What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune; nay, of other circumstances which gather round us in a harmonious way, whether it arise from a kind of fatality, or that man has the power of attracting to himself things that are mutually related.” MenWayKindMaySaidCircumstancesTruth IsEqualFortuneRoundsAriseRelatedMisfortunesGood FortuneHarmoniousMe AloneFatality Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The truth is that, after 30 years old, men still masturbate. There are still sexual problems that arise for guys.” MenYearsStillsProblemGuyTruth IsAriseOld Man Author:Jason Biggs