"I hope that you will develop the questing spirit. Be unafraid of new ideas for they are the stepping stones of progress. You will of course respect the opinions of others but be unafraid to dissent - if you are informed.
Now I have mentioned freedom to express your thoughts, but I caution you that your thoughts and expressions must meet competition in the market place of thought, and in that competition truth will emerge triumphant. Only error needs to fear freedom of expression. Seek truth in all fields, and in that search you will need at least three virtues; courage, zest, and modesty. The ancients put that thought in the form of a prayer. They said, ‘From the cowardice that shrinks from new truth, from the laziness that is content with half truth, from the arrogance that thinks it has all truth - O God of truth deliver us’.”
(Hugh B Brown. Speech at BYU, March 29, 1958)
This past week, I have seen much of courage and zest, but I have seen much less of modesty.
1 comment:
Actually a very profound post.
I like the comment about truth emerging triumphant.
However, Others are of the opinion that the side that shouts the loudest will rise triumphant.
If the truth remains silent, then it cannot be victorious. Too many of us are silent?
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