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Thu 26 Sep 2024

Science-Art

Posted by PJ under art, quote of the day, science, truth
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“There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Neither is independent of the other or more important than the other. Without art, science would be as useless as a pair of high forceps in the hands of a plumber. Without science, art would become a crude mess of folklore and emotional quackery. The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.”

—Raymond Chandler, “Great Thought,” February 19, 1938, The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler

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Tue 14 May 2024

Fact

Posted by PJ under facts, poetry, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“Fact is not truth, but a poet who willfully defies fact cannot achieve truth.”

—Robert Graves, The White Goddess

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Wed 28 Feb 2024

Dragons

Posted by PJ under adults, children, dragons, fantasy, freedom, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“Fantasy is true, of course. It isn’t factual, but it is true. Children know that. Adults know it too, and that is precisely why many of them are afraid of fantasy. They know that its truth challenges, even threatens, all that is false, all that is phony, unnecessary, and trivial in the life they have let themselves be forced into living. They are afraid of dragons, because they are afraid of freedom.”

—Ursula K. LeGuin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction

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Tue 12 Sep 2023

Ignorance

Posted by PJ under ignorance, knowledge, quote of the day, racism, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“The greatest evil in our country today is not racism, but ignorance. I believe unconditionally in the ability of people to respond when they are told the truth. We need to be taught to study rather than to believe, to inquire rather than to affirm.

–Septima Poinsette Clark, Annual Christmas message⁠, 1975

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Mon 8 May 2023

Truth

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Random quote of the day:

“I feel safe in the midst of my enemies, for the truth is all powerful and will prevail.”

—Sojourner Truth, Narrative of Sojourner Truth, A Northern Slave, Emancipated From Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828

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Mon 13 Mar 2023

Geometry

Posted by PJ under math, poetry, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry.

—Gustav Flaubert, letter to Madame Louise Colet, August 14, 1853

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Wed 16 Nov 2022

Truth

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Random quote of the day:

“In the end, the truth always wins out. It always does, no matter how many times you tell a story that isn’t true. In the end, the truth comes out. There’s either video evidence or photographic evidence. I think the American people are smart consumers.

—Gayle King, Women’s Wear Daily, February 23, 2017

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Tue 15 Nov 2022

Fool

Posted by PJ under fools, freedom, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“History, mythology, and folktales are filled with stories of people punished for saying the truth. Only the Fool, exempt from society’s rules, is allowed to speak with complete freedom.

—Jane Hirshfield, Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry

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Thu 23 Jun 2022

Truth

Posted by PJ under doubt, opinion, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“An unbelieved truth can hurt a man much more than a lie. It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There’s a punishment for it, and it’s usually crucifixion.”

—John Steinbeck, East of Eden

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Thu 2 Jun 2022

True

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, self-esteem, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and incur my own abhorrence.”

—Frederick Douglass, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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