Afraid of the Light
January 28, 2024
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. (Plato)
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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. (Plato)
Truth is a very foundation of life itself.
This is a subtle truth: Whatever you love, you are. (Rumi)
In Paradise, everyone speaks the truth. That is what makes it Paradise.
Live not by lies. Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me. (Aleksander Solzhenitsyn)
“…it is to systems sometimes built with great hardship that men sacrifice reality and truth.”
Etty Hillesum on Nazis
Truth is like a surgery. It hurts but it heals. A lie is like a painkiller. It gives instant relief but has side effects forever.
Declarative sentences used to declare things to be true, as opposed to other things that are, “like totally,” not”? What has happened to our convictions on what is true and what is not?
Jihadists always use the phrase, “We love death more than you love life.” How can we face down such an enemy? The answer is to say, “There is nothing wrong loving life this much. If you wish to worship death, be our guest, we may even help you. But we will not apologize for loving life and fighting for life.”
First, we believe. Afterwards, we doubt, analyze, verify. “Truth-Default Theory” studies this natural habit and its dangerous pitfalls. Learn ways to rise above it.
The best learning is going to happen where the students have the greatest trust in their teachers. Nathan is a great example.
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