I Ought To Go Upright And Vital And Speak The Rude

“If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance.”

The superior man wishes to be slow in his speech and earnest in his conduct.

“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.”

“All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world.”

“This above all: to thine own self be true.”

“With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.”