#rut

... the mind was designed not to defend what we want, but to discover what is ultimately true, which should shape our wants and satisfy them more deeply with God. The purpose of the mind is not to rationalize subjective preferences, but to recognize objective reality and to help the heart revel in God. ↗

— John Piper

#god #intellect #mind #objectivity #truth

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond. ↗

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

#correspond #external #means #philosophy #reality

In other words, we are never freer than when we become most ourselves, most human, most just, most excellent, and the like. ↗

— Os Guinness

#freedom #humanity #positive-freedom #truth #virtue

Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable. ↗

— Werner Herzog

#facts #inherent #makes #power #seem

Individually, museums are fine institutions, dedicated to the high values of preservation, education and truth; collectively, their growth in numbers points to the imaginative death of this country. ↗

— Robert Hewison

#country #death #dedicated #education #fine

Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

#cannot #creation #development #does #final

If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing. ↗

— Harri Holkeri

#final #get #know #negotiation #nothing

The truth is, I initially became a singer-songwriter while still in my teens because it was the only way to guarantee that somebody on earth would sing the songs I was writing. Since then, I've performed just about everywhere: rock clubs, concerts halls, arenas, TV. ↗

— Rupert Holmes

#arenas #became #because #clubs #concerts

Live truth instead of professing it. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

#live #professing #truth

The truth is women use contraception not only as a way to prevent unintended pregnancies, but also to improve their health and the health of their families. Increased access to contraception is directly linked to declines in maternal and infant mortality. ↗

— Felicity Huffman

#also #contraception #declines #directly #families