“An unproductive truth is none. But there are products which cannot be weighed even in patent scales, nor brought to market.” TruthProductsTruth IsScalesPatentsUnproductive Book:Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues Source: Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues
“Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.” WorldFoundTruth IsAll ThingsDepthSurfaceScalesCustomsGems Author:Lord Byron
“We have reached a profound point in economic history where the truth is unpalatable to the political class - and that truth is that the scale and magnitude of the problem is larger than their ability to respond - and it terrifies them.” ProblemPoliticalAbilityClassEconomicTruth IsProfoundScalesMagnitudeEconomic History Author:Hugh Hendry
“We have demythologized prematurely, that we've actually lost the vocabulary for discussing reality at its largest scales. The idea that myth is the opposite of knowledge, or the opposite of truth, is simply to disallow it. It is like saying poetry is the opposite of truth.” IdeasRealityLostTruth IsOppositesMythScalesPoetry IsVocabularyDiscussing Author:Marilynne Robinson
“But the truth is that we could win every other fight that we face and if we lose the climate fight, the other victories will be pyrrhic. I don't think even people who are worried about climate change quite understand the scale and speed with which we're now shifting the planet.” PeopleIfsThinkingFacesFightingWinningLosesPlanetsVictoryTruth IsClimateClimate ChangeSpeedScalesWorriedShifting Author:Bill McKibben