In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.

About This Quote

William Blake wrote, “In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.” This quote is an important reminder to think of the goal, not to get it all right, but to make progress towards the goal by constantly improving our knowledge. It teaches us that we should always set an achievable goal and work to meet it.

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1. One special advantage of the skeptical attitude of mind is that a man is never vexed to find that after all he has been in the wrong.

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2. In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions.

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3. The value of experience is not in seeing much, but in seeing wisely.

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5. Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows.

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