“It is by finding out what something is not that one comes closest to understanding what it is.”
Source: The Consolations of Philosophy (2000), Chapter I, Consolations For Unpopularity, p. 25.
“Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels.”
"Living Testament" speech http://video.cpt12.org/video/2364991008 at 11th Hour, Colorado Public Television (1994)
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