“Virtues are in the middle, the royal way about which the saintly elder (Saint Basil the Great) said, "Travel on the royal way and count the miles." As I said, the virtues are at the midpoint between excess and laxness. That is why it is written, "Do not turn to the right or the left" (Prov 4:27) but travel on the "royal way" (Num. 20:17). Saint Basil also says, "The person who does not allow his thoughts to incline towards excess or deprivation but directs it to the midpoint, that of virtue, is upright in heart."” WayHeartPersonsDoeSaidTruthTurnsLeftVirtueWrittenMiddleSaintMilesExcessRoyalEldersDeprivationInclineBasil Author:Dorotheus of Gaza
“Error is to truth as sleep is to waking. I have observed that one turns, as if refreshed, from error back to truth.” IfsTruthTurnsSleepErrorsWaking Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I learn to affirm Truth's light at strange turns of the mind's road, wrong turns that lead over the border into wonder.” MindLightTruthTurnsWonderStrangeBordersWrong Turn Author:Denise Levertov
“Man seems to be an animal whose capacity for lies is only equalled by his credulity; it does no good to let battalions of cats outof bags, to produce whole harems of naked facts, people eat the same three meals daily deception, and are always ready to turn with fury upon the purveyors of bagless cats and facts undraped. Probably their instinct is wise. Who knows?” PeopleKnowsMenDoeWholeFactsSeemsTruthLyingTurnsThreeAnimalWiseProduceReadyCapacityCatInstinctNakedDeceptionMealsBagsFuryCredulityHarem Book:The Fourteenth Chronicle: Letters and Diaries of John Dos Passos Source: The Fourteenth Chronicle: Letters and Diaries of John Dos Passos