The pursuit of clarity, charity and understanding proceeds nicely for those who have an open mind, who value transparency, and who embrace the FAITH analysis, distinguishing Facts from Assumptions, Inferences, Theories and Hypotheses.
Another way to say it: If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.
Here's another way to express the value of flexibility in the pursuit of truth:
Monday, September 2. There is much folly, when I am quite sure I am in the right, and others are positive in contradicting me, in entering into a vehement or long debate upon it.
Monday, September 23. I observe that old men seldom have any advantage of new discoveries; because these are beside a way of thinking they have been so long used to. Resolved, if ever I live to years, that I will be impartial to hear the reasons of all pretended discoveries, and receive them, if rational, how long soever I have been used to another way of thinking.
Monday, Feb. 3. Let every thing have the value now, that it will have on a sick bed; and frequently in my pursuits of whatever kind, let this come into my mind; “How much shall I value this on my deathbed?”
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