You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.
Interpretation
Truth should be acknowledged regardless of its origin.
This quote emphasizes the importance of being open-minded and accepting truths, no matter where they come from. It suggests that wisdom is derived from the ability to recognize and embrace honesty and reality, regardless of the identity or status of the person presenting it.
In practice
In a discussion about honesty in relationships, this quote can be used to emphasize the importance of accepting difficult truths.
If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
When man possesses a good, sound body that does not overpower him nor disturb the equilibrium in him, he possesses a divine gift. In short, a good constitution facilitates the rule of the soul over the body, but it is not impossible to conquer a bad constitution by training.
If the whole earth is infinitely small in comparison with the sphere of the stars, what is man compared with all these created beings!
One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.
I've never been convinced that experience is linear, circular, or even random. It just is. I try to put it in some kind of order to extract meaning from it, to bring meaning to it.
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law
Put first things first and we get second things thrown in: put second things first & we lose both first and second things.
If you vanquish ego-clinging today, tonight you will be enlightened.
A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.
Those who suffer from an exaggerated sense of their own ability and accomplishment are continually subject to frustration, disappointment, and rage when reality intrudes and the world doesn't validate their idealized view of themselves.
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