“It’s the truth I’m after, and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance.”

Marcus Aurelius

That quote is the background of my phone as a reminder of many things:

• Truth is multifaceted
• It can be painful to face
• No one person, subject or discipline has the fullness of truth
• There’s always more to it
• And sometimes it’s simple and we overcomplicate it
• We can never fully know it
• But we can make steps towards learning it

The path to truth is a long, slow process that requires us to be open to it, abandon ideas that conflict with it and always be ready for surprises.