#39 Disunity

by Leo Tolstoy

We have come to where we are because of our disunity. Our disunity comes from not following the truth that is one, but falsehoods that are many. The only way to bring us all together is to all come to the truth. The more sincerely we struggle for the truth the closer we come to inner unity.

But how can we find unity in the truth or even come close to it, if we fear to come out in the open with the truth we already know-if we say there is no need to do so, and keep on pretending to regard as truth what we know is false?

If today’s hypocrisy will continue, if men do not profess the truth they know, but continue to feign belief in what they do not believe and venerate what they do not respect, their condition will remain the same, or even grow worse.