#philosophy #knowledge #epistemology # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # Truth is a Pathless Land >Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. >~ [[Marcus Aurelius]] ![[DALL·E 2022-06-19 09.48.59 - A man at the bottom, trying to reach the truth perched on top of the mountain, but there is no way, digital art.png]] >I maintain that [[Truth is a Pathless Land|Truth is a pathless land]], and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. That is my point of view, and I adhere to that absolutely and unconditionally. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. >~ [[Krishnamurti]] ![[DALL·E 2022-06-19 09.50.56 - A man trying to reach the truth perched on top of the mountain, but there is no way, digital art.png]] >A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself. A good teacher is merely a catalyst. >~ [[Bruce Lee]] ![[DALL·E 2022-06-19 09.52.09 - A man trying to reach the truth perched on top of the mountain, but there is no way, digital art.png]] >This is why I am continuing my travels—not to seek other, better teachings, for I know there are none, but to depart from all teachings and all teachers and to reach my goal by myself or to die. >~ [[Hermann Hesse]] >He realized that one thing had left him, as a snake is left by its old skin, that one thing no longer existed in him, which had accompanied him throughout his youth and used to be a part of him: the wish to have teachers and to listen to teachings. > ~ [[Hermann Hesse]] >There are many kinds of eyes. Even the Sphinx has eyes—therefore there must be many kinds of "truths," and consequently there can be no truth. >~ [[Nietzsche]] >Blind respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. >~ [[Einstein]]