Truth has no special time of its own. Its hour is now—always, and indeed then most truly when it seems most unsuitable to actual circumstances.

Albert Schweitzer

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Topic

Inconvenient truth Truth

Author

Albert Schweitzer

Source

On the Edge of the Primeval Forest

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

German

Time

1922 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Christian Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Schweitzer, Albert. Zwischen Wasser un Unwald [On the Edge of the Primeval Forest]. A. and C. Black, 1922, ch. 11.

Current Citation

Schweitzer. "On the Edge of the Primeval Forest." The Primeval Forest. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.

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Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.

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Source
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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You can't handle the truth!

Col. Nathan R. Jessep

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A Few Good Men. Directed by Rob Reiner, Castle Rock Entertainment, 1992.

Another quote originally in German

Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue to exist, a wonderful living side by side can grow up, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.

Rainer Maria Rilke

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Connecting with others

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke
Medium
Letter
Language
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Time
1901 1900s 20th century
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Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letter to Emanuel von Bodman. 17 Aug. 1901.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, 1892-1910, translated by Jane B. Greene and M. D. Herter Norton. W. W. Norton & Company, 1969.