Who said, "Keep the company of those who seek the truth, and run away from those who have found it"?

Question

I have been looking for a while and it is never credited to someone that I have found. Some have told me Gandhi some Depok Chopra. Do you know?

Such good answers. I am having a hard time picking the best. What do I do?

Answer 1

Hi

BBC4 Radio has been researched this for many years, the first quote below: no luck. I have devoted hours and have gotten no closer, does sound like Goethe as he said "Preserve me" often.

Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it’ – is attributed (like so much else) to Goethe.


'Follow those who are seeking the truth,
but run away from those who have found it"

“Seek the seekers of the
Truth, and run from those who have found it!'

‘Lord, help me to always seek the truth, but deliver me from those who have found it.

God, help me find the truth and deliver me from those who have already found it. ...

Answer 2

Here's a little something Mark Twain said on the subject:

"We are always hearing of people who are around seeking after the Truth. I have never seen a (permanent) specimen. I think he has never lived. But I have seen several entirely sincere people who thought they were (permanent) Seekers after the Truth. They sought diligently, persistently, carefully, cautiously, profoundly, with perfect honesty and nicely adjusted judgment- until they believed that without doubt or question they had found the Truth. That was the end of the search. The man spent the rest of his life hunting up shingles wherewith to protect his Truth from the weather."

I don't know about the quotation you cite. I suspect it's been said by a lot of people in a lot of different ways. You might try Vaclav Havel. I'm not sure and don't have time to research it, but Havel might have said it or at least something similar. Good luck. Let me know what you find out. My email is here at YA.

Answer 3

According to Deepak Chopra, Vaclav Havel is the author of the statement.

Answer 4

“The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.” ~ Ayn Rand

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” ~ Oscar Wilde

“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” ~ Albert Einstein

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. ~ Abraham Lincoln

“Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible. ~ Epictetus

“The person, who treads on the path of truth, refrains from deception, treachery, pretension, and remains untouched by falsehoods-is never devoid of eternal joy.”

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“It's not enough to have a dream unless I'm willing to pursue it. It's not enough to know what's right unless I'm strong enough to do it. It's not enough to join the crowd, to be acknowledged and accepted. I must be true to my ideals, even if I'm excluded and rejected. It's not enough to learn the truth unless I also learn to live it. It's not enough to reach for love unless I care enough to give it.”

“Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.” Spencer Johnson

“In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of fear of the people's wrath.” ~ Kahlil Gibran

“What you perceive, your observations, feelings, interpretations, are all your truth. Your truth is important. Yet it is not The Truth.” ~ Linda Ellinor

“A man that seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.” ~ Epictetus

Answer 5

Kevin Jackson from number 34 down the road.

He's always coming out with stuff we don't understand.