Just as courage is not absence of fear but rather the willingness to do what you want even though you’re afraid, morality is not the absence of desire to do wrong but rather the choice to do right despite your desire.
-Franklin Veaux, From Quora
He that will not apply new remedies must…
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.
-Francis Bacon
Doubt is the origin of wisdom ―René Descartes
Doubt is the origin of wisdom.
―René Descartes
satyam bruyat priyam bruyat na bruyat satyam apriyam…
satyam bruyat priyam bruyat
na bruyat satyam apriyam
priyam ca nanrutam bruyat
esha dharmah sanatanah
-Manusmriti
Speak the truth, speak pleasantly,
Do not speak the truth in an unpleasant manner
Even if pleasant, do not speak untruth,
This is the path of eternal righteousness.
That which can be asserted without evidence can…
That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.
―Christopher Hitchens