Rus asilli Ingiliz matematikci ve filozof Petr Demíanovich Uspenskii’nin olum yildonumu (2 Ekim 1947)
“Insanin, gercegi konusmayi ogrenmesinin kacinilmaz oldugunu fark etmiyorsun. Bunu yapabilmek icin istemenin ve karar vermenin yeterli oldugunu saniyorsun. Sana sunu soyleyebilirim ki, insanlar ender olarak maksatli yalan soyler. Cogu kez gercegi konustuklarini sanirlar. Ancak gerek yalan soylemeyi istediklerinde gerekse gercegi konusmayi arzuladiklarinda daima yalan soylerler. Bundan oturu de ne kendilerini anlarlar ne de baskalarini... Dusun: eger insanlar birbirlerini anlayabilselerdi, baskalarinin gorus ve kanaatlerine karsi boylesine karsi koyus, boylesine derin bir anlayissizlik ve boylesine bir nefret var olur muydu? Ama yalan soylemeyi onleyemedikleri icin birbirlerini anlayamazlar. Gercegi konusmak, dunyada en zor seydir. Gercegi konusabilmek icin insan cok fazla ve uzun bir sure calismalidir. Sadece istemek yeterli degildir. Gercegi konusmak icin gercegin ne oldugunu, yalanin ne oldugunu bilmek ve oncelikle kendindeki yalani bilmek gerekir. Bunu ise hic kimse bilmek istememektedir. "
“You do not realize that one has to learn to speak the truth. it seems to you that it is enough to wish or to decide to do so. and i tell you that people comparatively rarely tell a deliberate lie. in most cases they think they speak the truth. and yet they lie all the time, both when they wish to lie and when they wish to speak the truth. they lie all the time, both to themselves and to others. therefore nobody ever understands either himself or anyone else… think - could there be such discord, such deep misunderstanding, and such hatred towards the views and opinions of others, if people were able to understand because they cannot help lying. to speak the truth is the most difficult thing in the world; and one must study a great deal and for a long time in order to be able to speak the truth. the wish alone is not enough. to speak the truth one must know what the truth is and what a lie is, and first of all in oneself. and this nobody wants to know.”


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