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Birds and Other Nonsense

 Lumen 21-7

Alternative Truths, Alternative Realities

Posted - September 15, 2021

 

In this time of alternative truths and alternative realities, I give you these gems to startle your mind.

 

Perception is reality

            Peanuts

 

Reality is the chief cause of stress for those who are in touch with it.

            John Hankinson, Former Regional Administrator for the Environmental Protection        Agency in Dallas.

 

As difficult as it may be at times to be able to discern the truth of a matter…it is amazing that there is always a greater supply of truth available than there is a demand for it.

            Ancient Chinese Proverb

 

Anarchists Unite!

 

Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.

            John Kenneth Galbraith

 

Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

            Aldous Huxley

 

People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

            Andy Rooney

 

Peace is that brief moment in history when everyone stands around reloading.

 

 

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