Truth is elusive, subtle, manysided. You know, Priscilla, there’s an old Hindu story about Truth. It seems a brash young warrior sought the hand of a beautiful princess. Her father, the king, thought he was a bit too cocksure and callow. He decreed that the warrior could only marry the princess after he had found Truth. So the warrior set out into the world on a quest for Truth. He went to temples and monasteries, to mountaintops where sages meditated, to remote forests where ascetics scourged themselves, but nowhere could he find Truth. Despairing one day and seeking shelter from a thunderstorm, he took refuge in a musty cave. There was an old crone there, a hag with matted hair and warts on her face, the skin hanging loose from her bony limbs, her teeth yellow and rotting, her breath malodorous. But as he spoke to her, with each question she answered, he realized he had come to the end of his journey: she was Truth. They spoke all night, and when the storm cleared, the warrior told her he had fulfilled his quest. ‘Now that I have found Truth, ’ he said, ‘what shall I tell them at the palace about you?’ The wizened old creature smiled. ‘Tell them, ’ she said, ‘tell them that I am young and beautiful. .Shashi Tharoor
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Priscilla, a wise woman, had a lot of wisdom to share with the world. It’s one thing to teach people how to live a happy life, but it’s another thing entirely to share that knowledge openly and freely with people all over the world. In this quote, she has a lot of compassion for people who are struggling with their problems and is willing to help anyone who asks for her advice. She knows that everyone is different and everyone will have their own struggles so she chooses not to judge people by their appearance or by the problems they have been facing all their lives. She has a genuine desire for others to know that their life does not have to be lonely and empty because they're struggling with a problem.
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