Chase after the truth like all hell.
Interpretation
Pursuing truth is a relentless and passionate endeavor.
This quote by Clarence Darrow highlights the importance of vigorously seeking the truth in all aspects of life. It suggests that truth should be pursued with fervor and dedication, much like an intense chase, emphasizing that understanding and justice are worth the effort and struggle that comes with it.
In practice
In a debate about ethics, one could use this quote to emphasize the importance of honesty.
With all their faults, trade unions have done more for humanity than any other organization of men that ever existed. They have done more for decency, for honesty, for education, for the betterment of the race, for the developing of character in men, than any other association of men.
Do I need to argue to Your Honor that cruelty only breeds cruelty? That hatred only causes hatred; that if there is any way to soften this human heart which is hard enough at its best, if there is any way to kill evil and hatred and all that goes with it, it is not through evil and hatred and cruelty; it is through charity, and love, and understanding?
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
Liberty is the most jealous and exacting mistress that can beguile the brain and soul of man. She will have nothing from him who will not give her all. She knows that his pretended love serves but to betray. But when once the fierce heat of her quenchless, lustrous eyes have burned into the victim's heart, he will know no other smile but hers.
The trouble with law is lawyers.
The time will come when all people will view with horror light way in which society and its courts of law now take human life; and when that time comes, the way will be clear to device some better method of dealing with poverty and ignorance and their frequent byproducts, which we call crime.
Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.
In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.
A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
Paul Edgecomb: What do you want me to do John? I'll do it. You want me to let you walk out of here and see how far you get? John Coffey: Now why would you want to do a foolish thing like that? Paul Edgecomb: When I die and I stand before God awaiting judgment and he asks me why I let one of HIS miracles die, what am I gonna say, that it was my job?
If standard of living is your major objective, quality of life almost never improves, but if quality of life is your number one objective, your standard of living almost always improves.
If you do good in secret, Allah will shower His good on you in public.
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