I did not know then what Brother William was seeking, and to tell the truth, I still do not know today, and I presume he himself did not know, moved as he was solely by the desire for truth, and by the suspicion - which I could see he always harbored - that the truth was not what was appearing to him at any given moment. Umberto Eco
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When the great Jehovah’s Witnesses' Brother William spoke of “the desire for truth,” he was referring to his own quest for knowledge. He was not referring to the quest for knowledge of God by anyone else. But, interestingly enough, he was not referring to his own quest for knowledge of God. When he said, “and by the suspicion - which I could see he always harbored - that the truth was not what was appearing to him at any given moment,” he was speaking about his own pursuit of truth.

Source: The Name Of The Rose

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