"The wise man builds his house on the solid rock of Truth and not on the shifting sands of unstability. He measures Causes by Effects and estimates reality by which is real and enduring. The foolish man, living only in sense perception, has no measure for reality and builds his home on false opinion and erroneous concept; the vicissitudes of fortune upset his frail building, the storms of experience tear the walls apart, while the edifice falls about him in ruins. Truth alone endures to Eternity."
Ernest Holmes
The Hidden Power of the Bible
First published in 1929
I would argue that only in Truth can we love and since love is the essence of God, I suggest the only way to righteousness or goodness of soul; i.e, God consciousness, is through Truth.
"The wise man builds his house on the solid rock of Truth and not on the shifting sands of unstability. He measures Causes by Effects and estimates reality by which is real and enduring. The foolish man, living only in sense perception, has no mea...