Intersections #51: On the Truthiness of Facts & the Stamina of Deception

On the Truthiness of Facts & the Stamina of Deception

“Truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.”

-Flannery O'Connor

“Many a truth has lain unnoticed for a long time, ignored simply because no one perceived its potential for becoming reality.”

-Albert Schweitzer (Nobel Lecture: The Problem of Peace)

“Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change.”

-Harriet Lerner

“Religion is no longer adequate as a basis for ethics”

-The Dalai Lama

“There are no absolute truths; I believe in specifics.”

-Amy Tan

“William James…defined truth as what “works.”

-James Longenbach (The Virtues of Poetry)