I am so tired of all this intellectualising – attacking this and denying that, and searching not for truth, for that would be good, but for anything … - Sophia Tolstaya

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I am so tired of all this intellectualising – attacking this and denying that, and searching not for truth, for that would be good, but for anything startling, shocking or original, anything that hasn't been said before – and it is so tedious. When people endure heart-ache and suffering in their search for truth, that is fine and honourable, but it's wrong merely to try and shock others. Each person should seek the truth for himself.