"Truth is one, but error proliferates. Man tracks it down and cuts it up into little pieces hoping to turn it into grains of truth. But the ultimate atom will always essentially be an error, a miscalculation."

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Source : "The Lie of the Truth (Volume 2)". Book by Rene Daumal, 1938.

Rene Daumal

#Cutting Quotes #Men Quotes #Errors Quotes

“I like the serendipitous surprises of reality.”
“I think abortion should be mandatory for about 30 years,”
“I know a famous violinist who told me he can't compose because he knows too many pieces. So, when he starts thinking of a note, an existing piece immediately comes to mind. Just starting out, one of your biggest strengths is not knowing how things are supposed to be.”
“Phil Ramone and Quincy Jones were very close. Phil Ramone was one of the greatest record producers of all time. I don't know if they talk about him enough in the film, but he produced [Frank] Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, all of Billy Joel, Paul McCartney - Phil Ramone was one of the major record engineers and producers.”
“The making of fiction takes literally what is suggested by our imagination.”
“Seeing Cubism paintings at the Beaubourg makes me very happy and also old films.”
“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
“I have found heaven on earth, since heaven is God, and God is in my soul.”

Source : Elizabeth of the Trinity (Catez) (2014). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth of the Trinity vol. 2: Letters from Carmel”, p.51, ICS Publications

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