Quote by Flannery O'Connor

I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's, but behind all of them, there's only one truth and that is that there is no truth... No truth behind all truths is what I and this church preach! Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place... In yourself right now is all the place you've got.

I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebo

Summary

This quote challenges the concept of absolute truth, suggesting that truth is subjective and solely dependent on individual perspectives. It emphasizes the idea that there is no ultimate truth behind all truths, positing that truth is a relative and ever-changing notion. The quote encourages individuals to embrace their present circumstances and seek liberation from constraints imposed by external influences. It proposes that one can only find solace and contentment by looking inward and accepting oneself in the present moment, as it is the only place where a sense of belonging can be found.

By Flannery O'Connor

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

We're all working together; that's the secret.

We're all working together; that's the secret.

Business Working Together

Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite

Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than the dirt itself. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by religion.

Charles Dickens

Art Religion People Clean

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essenti

The prompt assimilation of that intelligence will be essential if we are to avoid another September 11th.

I was in California when this journalist made a blanket stat

I was in California when this journalist made a blanket statement about the fact that she did not think that black men and women had the kind of love relationship that Rebecca and Nathan had in Sounder.

If you stand up to be counted, someone will take your seat.

If you stand up to be counted, someone will take your seat.

The only link between Literature and the Drama left to us in

The only link between Literature and the Drama left to us in England at the present moment is the bill of the play.

When you can't have anything else, you can have virtue.

When you can't have anything else, you can have virtue.

We shall never achieve harmony with the land, anymore than w

We shall never achieve harmony with the land, anymore than we shall achieve absolute justice or liberty for people. In these higher aspirations the important thing is not to achieve but to strive.

Nature Science Inspirational

I want a tattoo over my heart that reads TRY HARDER YOU LAZY

I want a tattoo over my heart that reads TRY HARDER YOU LAZY PARAMEDIC SHITBAG OR I WILL HAUNT YOUR BEDROOM FOREVER

Inspirational Tattoos First Aid

Social technology gives leaders a vital new platform with wh

Social technology gives leaders a vital new platform with which to connect their companies to the myriad stakeholders who have an interest in their well being.

Simon Mainwaring

He felt that he was himself and did not wish to be anyone el

He felt that he was himself and did not wish to be anyone else. He only wished now to be better than he had been formerly