Listening to people espouse beliefs different from mine is informative, not threatening, because the only thing that can alter my worldview is a new and undeniable truth, and contrary to what Jack Nicholson says in 'A Few Good Men', "I CAN handle the truth.

Michael J. Fox
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We all like to think we can handle the truth. We like to think we’re strong and we like to think we can take it. The problem is that we really can’t handle the truth. We handle the opinions of others and we handle the opinions of those around us, but not the truth.

It’s not something we can handle. The best thing you can do as a person is listen to those who disagree with you. The only way to change your mind is through new and undeniable truths, and those don’t come from other people; they come from God.

Source: Always Looking Up: The Adventures Of An Incurable Optimist

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