“A line of reasoning does not lead but follows us to truth.”

“Instinct leads, intelligence does but follow.”

“seeker of truth
follow no path
all paths lead where
truth is here”

“A: I will now follow Reason whithersoever she shall lead me.”
A: Nunc rationem, quo ea me cumque ducet, sequar.

“As Hegel well knew, the ascent of reason has never followed a straight line.”

“Human knowledge is not (or does not follow) a straight line, but a curve, which endlessly approximates a series of circles, a spiral. Any fragment, segment, section of this curve can be transformed (transformed one-sidedly) into an independent, complete, straight line, which then (if one does not see the wood for the trees) leads into the quagmire, into clerical obscurantism (where it is anchored by the class interests of the ruling classes).”

“Feeling does not succeed in converting consolation into truth, nor does reason succeed in converting truth into consolation.”

“There’s a reason we are drawn to the light. A reason why we fear darkness. It’s important to be terrified and unnerved about certain things. That way we will choose another path. The path that leads us to truth and love.”

“A line comes back to Marie-Laure from Jules Verne: Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth.”

“Technology does not lead us to stars, human love does.”