I have been writing on a book for more than a decade. The reason I don't proceed with is twofold:
1) I have changed dramatically over the past decade and things I believed earlier in my life make little sense to me now. The reason for that is that I am on a truth-seeking quest that takes me to disappointing, if not dangerous places that require courage to openly embrace.
My mandate is that my ultimate truth must be mine alone, not someone else's.
2) The chapter on truth has consequently undergone at least a dozen versions, not revisions, versions. The original was designed to demonstrate how much I know, and how much I studied. It was about 95 pages long, and no one - not even my dear mother - could endure that self-seeking blather. Others are shorter, some more clever, and some are scientific, sterile and snooze worthy. I can't get a grip on how to write a chapter worthy of the subject, without sounding overly complicated, or worse, trite.
I am still contemplating another run at it but my eye surgery and subsequent cataract (still to be removed) keep my writing to a minimum.
Truth is the most enigmatic subject I have come across. And while brevity is my goal, it's not in my nature, so to honor truth, here are a few thoughts of others that stir my juices and come closes to making my elusive chapter a reality. Note especially the first and the last.
Enjoy. No, maybe it's better that you be troubled by what you read.
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It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are, that you can begin to take control of yourself. As you learn to control yourself, you will get control of your life. If you want to move the world, you must first learn to move yourself.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf On The Wings of Eagles. Self Mastery
Harsh reality is always better than false hope.
Downton Abbey. Dr.
The contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated.
Thomas Aquinas
He that has light within his own clear breast may sit in the center, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon.
John Milton (1608-1674)
God is truth and light his shadow. Wikipedia:shadow Psychology
Plato (427 BC-347 BC)
All truth is profound.
Herman Melville (1819-1891)
Truth is what stands the test of experience.
Albert Einstein
Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.
Sophocles (496 BC-406 BC)
A man should look for what is and not for what he thinks should be.
Albert Einstein
Great spirits are always opposed by mediocre minds.
Albert Einstein
All great truths begin as blasphemies.
George Bernard Shaw
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Truth bridges the gap between the empirical and the ethereal.
Jack Getz
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