To seek to know what is true -- Weekend Quote

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We cannot know the 

whole truth,

which belongs to 

God alone,

but our task 

nevertheless

is to seek to know 

what is true.

And if we offend 

gravely enough

against what we know 

to be true,

as by failing badly enough 

to deal 

affectionately 

and 

responsibly

with our land 

and 

our neighbors,

truth will retaliate with

ugliness,

poverty,

and 

disease.

The crisis of this line of thought

is the realization

that we are at once

limited

and 

unendingly responsible

for what we know 

and do. 

~Wendell Berry