“The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.”
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Pema Chödron 30
American philosopher 1936Related quotes
“How many times have I told you not to believe everything you hear? Seek truth for yourself.”
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The Mask of Apollo (1966)
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“You believe whatever you hear? Then hear from me!”
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“Such is human memory… you forget the truth and believe what makes you feel better.”
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Context: You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you. It is easy to you believe a rope to be strong and sound as long as you are merely using it to cord a box. But suppose that you had to hang by that rope over a precipice. Wouldn't you then first discover how much you really trusted it? … Only a real risk tests the reality of a belief.
“If you believe that you will believe anything.”
In reply to a man who greeted him in the street with the words "Mr. Jones, I believe?", as quoted in Wellington — The Years of the Sword (1969) by Elizabeth Longford.
“Can you see me? Can you hear me? Does anything I say mean anything to you?”
“Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.”