truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
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Quote:- Truth, says instrumentalism, is what works out, that which does what you expect it to do. The judgment is true when you can "bank" on it and not be disappointed. If, when you predict, or when you follow the lead of your idea or plan, it brings you to the ends sought for in the beginning, your judgment is true. It does not consist in agreement of ideas, or the agreement of ideas with an outside reality; neither is it an eternal something which always is, but it is a name given to ways of thinking which get the thinker where he started. As a railroad ticket is a "true" one when it lands the passenger at the station he sought, so is an idea "true," not when it agrees with something outside, but when it gets the thinker successfully to the end of his intellectual journey. Truth, reality, ideas and judgments are not things that stand out eternally "there," whether in the skies above or in the earth beneath; but they are names used to characterize certain vital stages in a process which is ever going on, the process of creation, of evolution. In that process we may speak of reality, this being valuable for our purposes; again, we may speak of truth; later, of ideas; and still again, of judgments; but because we talk about them we should not delude ourselves into thinking we can handle them as something eternally existing as we handle a specimen under the glass. Such a conception of truth and reality, the instrumentalist believes, is in harmony with the general nature of progress. He fails to see how progress, genuine creation, can occur on any other theory on theories of finality, fixity, and authority; but he believes that the idea of creation which we have sketched here gives man a vote in the affairs of the universe, renders him a citizen of the world to aid in the creation of valuable objects in the nature of institutions and principles, encourages him to attempt things "unattempted yet in prose or rhyme," inspires him to the creation of "more stately mansions," and to the forsaking of his "low vaulted past." He believes that the days of authority are over, whether in religion, in rulership, in science, or in philosophy; and he offers this dynamic universe as a challenge to the volition and intelligence of man, a universe to be won or lost at man’s option, a universe not to fall down before and worship as the slave before his master, the subject before his king, the scientist before his principle, the philosopher before his system, but a universe to be controlled, directed, and recreated by man’s intelligence.
An Introduction to Philosophy
Author:- Holly Estil Cunningham
Category:- philosophy
Quote:- Truths are as much a matter of questions as answers.
Green Illusions
Author:- Ozzie Zehner
Category:- science
Quote:- Truths are written, never said... Lines are drawn, but then they fade.
Maybe Someday
Author:- Colleen Hoover
Category:- poetry
Quote:- Try again; you have millions of alternatives. Fill yourself with the bullets of hope and you will kill failure with one shot.
Dream Big!: See Your Bigger Picture!
Author:- Israelmore Ayivor
Category:- hope
Quote:- Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the descernible laws and connections, there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion. To that extent I am, in fact, religious.
Author:- Albert Einstein
Category:- science
Quote:- Try for once to justify the meaning of your existence as it were a posteriori by setting yourself an aim, a goal... an exalted and noble 'to this end.' Perish in pursuit of this and only this
Untimely Meditations
Author:- Friedrich Nietzsche
Category:- philosophy
Quote:- Try not to fear what you do not understand. Be open and allow yourself to learn new things in life. Ignorance is truly NOT bliss.
Author:- Robin S. Baker
Category:- motivational
Quote:- Try not to live a life of hypocrisy; if you do, you will meet the same fate for the same behavior or actions; you had criticized others. Hypocrisy is unavoidable because it is part of the human race, but we don't need to embrace it. We all have imperfections and weaknesses; we must do our best to offer support instead of being hypocritical.
Author:- Jesus Apolinaris
Category:- Life
Quote:- Try putting aside the thought of "failure". If you can do that... All the things you have learned since then, along with this piece will become your strength.
Author:- Tsubasa Yamaguchi
Category:- motivational
Quote:- Try to be thoughtful, don't make the poor man say it;see how human he is,he has children of his own,it is your job to ask:Is she dead?And he will nod and say yesAnd now he can never not nod.And now he can never say no.And now he can never not sayyes.
Slamming Open the Door
Author:- Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno
Category:- poetry
Quote:- Try to create something that is not humanly possible
Author:- Anuj Jasani
Category:- motivational
Quote:- Try to fix someone you love and you're likely to break them worse... fix yourself first.
Author:- Marc Arginteanu
Category:- Love
Quote:- Try to have tamarind juice or tamarind rice. Tamarind is the greatest purifier. When the liver’s independent intelligence is awakened, it cleanses all the parasites sitting in the stomach and liver.
Author:- Paramahamsa Nithyananda
Category:- knowledge,motivational