"Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite."

Truth, Artists, Desire, Gifts

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"Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite."

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"The fact differentiates the fake."

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"Nothing will shake a man-or at any rate a man like me-out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself."

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"To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be."

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"There are certain truths that occurs to us, which we cannot convey in words, but requires a personal experience to grasp more vividly."

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"My truth could be very different than your truth."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Truth is not for sale. The man who sells truths that could help and guide humanity will never have peace of mind. Share truths freely, and you will always be revealed more."

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"I see the truth in people because they can see the truth in me."

Anthony T. Hincks, British Writer

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"All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?"

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"The Scripture is never subjected to one's own interpretations."

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"Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open."

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