Nature's Nobleman (1844)
Context: His fashion is passion, sincere and intense, —
His impulse is simple and true;
Yet temper'd by judgment, and taught by good sense,
And cordial with me and with you.
“A man defines himself by his make-believe as well as by his sincere impulses.”
Un homme se définit aussi bien par ses comédies que par ses élans sincères.
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The Myth of Sisyphus (1942), An Absurd Reasoning
Anti-Goeze (1778), as quoted in God Is Not Great (2007), by Christopher Hitchens , Ch. 19
Context: The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. It is not possession of the Truth, but rather the pursuit of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever-growing perfectibility is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent, and proud. If God were to hold all Truth concealed in his right hand, and in his left only the steady and diligent drive for Truth, albeit with the proviso that I would always and forever err in the process, and offer me the choice, I would with all humility take the left hand, and say: Father, I will take this one—the pure Truth is for You alone.
Original: (it) L'amore vero, sincero, intenso e puro è come un fiore, più lo curi e più trasmette profonde emozioni.
Source: prevale.net
Dianetics 55! (1954).
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 411.
Description of Eugene Terre'Blanche in the Face to Face column published on 31 January 1989.
Sunday Times
It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)
The Great Infidels (1881)
Context: All the martyrs in the history of the world are not sufficient to establish the correctness of an opinion. Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the sincerity of the martyr, — never the correctness of his thought. Things are true or false in themselves. Truth cannot be affected by opinions; it cannot be changed, established, or affected by martyrdom. An error cannot be believed sincerely enough to make it a truth.
