Sermon (1899)
“Impure means result in an impure end… One cannot reach truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach Truth.”
Harijan (13 July 1947) p. 232
1940s
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Source: Culture and Value (1980), p. 41e
“We cannot reach the truth, but we can get close to it through beauty.”
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“All we know of the truth is that the absolute truth, such as it is, is beyond our reach.”
De Docta Ignorantia (On Learned Ignorance) (1440)
“The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.”
"The Storyteller" (1936)
Minnesota declaration (1999)
“The truth, or rather, reality is far from any human can ever reach.”
“There is no truth but untruth. There is no reason but unreason.”
The Overman Culture (1971)
Source: Personal Destinies: A Philosophy of Ethical Individualism (1976), p. 8