All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.
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If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad.
Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.
At times, we need to stop and rethink everything. Our entire history is made up of people who were sure they knew the truth yet forgot that the truth has an annoying tendency to change on occasion without us noticing it.
One of the great things about America is we should not judge until we know the facts.
In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth.
No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts.
The facts fairly and honestly presented; truth will take care of itself.
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.
Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.
We never stop to consider that our beliefs are only a relative truth that's always going to be distorted by all the knowledge we have stored in our memory.
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