One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.
Romain RollandRead
Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepared the way for the faith of tomorrow.
Interpretation
Skepticism challenges existing beliefs, paving the way for new understandings and faiths.
This quote suggests that questioning and doubting established beliefs can lead to new and profound insights. By dismantling the certainties of the past, skepticism creates an opportunity for a more evolved faith or understanding in the future, emphasizing growth and progress in human thought.
In practice
In a discussion about the evolution of scientific theories, this quote can be used to highlight the importance of skepticism in scientific advancement.
One makes mistakes; that is life. But it is never a mistake to have loved.
The greatest human ideal is the great cause of bringing together the thoughts of Europe and Asia; the great soul of India will topple our world.
Discussion is impossible with someone who claims not to seek the truth, but already to possess it.
I find war detestable but those who praise it without participating in it even more so.
Each man must learn his own ideal and try to accomplish it: that is a surer way of progress than to take the ideas of another.
The true Vedantic spirit does not start out with a system of preconceived ideas. It possesses absolute liberty and unrivalled courage among religions with regard to the facts to be observed and the diverse hypotheses it has laid down for their coordination. Never having been hampered by a priestly order, each man has been entirely free to search wherever he pleased for the spiritual explanation of the spectacle of the universe.
Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately.
In the calculus of western interests, there is no suffering, whatever its scale, which cannot be justified. Chechens, Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis are of little importance.
I have taken care of everything in the course of my life, only not for death, and now I have to die completely unprepared.
I've only ever written about one thing in my life, which is the fact that we, as human beings, have a responsibility to one another and that it's important that we empathize with others, that we organize society so that we all become happier and we all get the life we really want.
Before me, even as behind, God is, and all is well.
Flashbacks rarely involve language. Mine certainly didn't. They were visual, motor, and sensory, and they took place in a relentless, horrifying present.
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