Truth and Non-Violence
TRUTH AND NON-VIOLENCE The ethical potency of Gandhian thought was grounded in moral clarity and metaphysical simplicity. Without succumbing to either the illusion of infallibility or the delusion of indispensability, Gandhi sought to achieve a balance of intellect and intuition, warning his followers against both rationalization of weakness and erratic emotionalism. Again and again he […]
Love of Truth
LOVE OF TRUTH Now, since truth is a multifaced jewel, the facets of which it is impossible to perceive all at once; and since, again, no two men, however anxious to discern truth, can see even one of those facets alike, what can be done to help them to perceive it? As physical man, limited […]
True Morality
TRUE MORALITY The effort to assimilate the individual and the universal law is popularly known as the practice of morality. Obedience to this universal law, after ascertaining it, is true religion, which has been defined by Lord Buddha “as the realization of the True.” H.P. Blavatsky In the same Category
Truth and Silence
TRUTH AND SILENCE Silence is essential for one whose life is an incessant search for truth. Silence also helps one to suppress one’s anger as perhaps nothing else does. M. K. GANDHI,Gospel of Selfless Action or Gita according to Gandhi, 1946 In the same Category
Truth Begets Trust
TRUTH BEGETS TRUST Truth has the first place among the gifts of Gods and men, for truth begets trust. . . PLATO,Laws In the same Category
Truth and Trust
TRUTH AND TRUST Without truth there is no agreed-upon path forward, and without trust there is no way to go down that path together. THOMAS FRIEDMAN,NY Times, Opinion, Nov. 10, 2020 In the same Category
Truth and Fellowship
TRUTH AND FELLOWSHIP Truth in the inward parts at once breaks down the barriers which separate us from our fellow men. DEAN INGE In the same Category
Absolute and Relative Truth — Truth Misplaced
ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE TRUTH — TRUTH MISPLACED Gandhi contended that evil is good or truth misplaced. This does not mean that (as Bentham might say) any motive which is evil, when under certain circumstances it leads to harmful actions, may be good in other circumstances when it inspires harmless actions. It is rather implied that […]
What is Truth?
WHAT IS TRUTH? Truth is the Voice of Nature and of Time – Truth is the startling monitor within us – Naught is without it, it comes from the stars, The golden sun, and every breeze that blows. . . . – W. Thompson Bacon . . . Fair Truth’s immortal sun Is sometimes hid in clouds; not that […]