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Quote by Peter Abelard
It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigatin

It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth. – Peter Abelard

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The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself. – Peter Abelard

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Peter Abelard
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The key to wisdom is this – constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth. – Peter Abelard

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Truth
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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side. – Joseph Addison

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Even if I accepted that Jesus – like almost every other prophet on record – was born of a virgin, I cannot think that this proves the divinity of his father or the truth of his teachings. The same would be true if I accepted that he had been resurrected. – Christopher Hitchens

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The only way into truth is through ones own annihilation through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation. – Simone Weil

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Gossip is called gossip because its not always the truth. – Justin Timberlake

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