Accepting devastating truth when faced with it is necessary to be truly human

Evidence

The possibility of deception can never be ruled out completely, but the willingness to accept an unpleasant, even devastating truth, when we are faced with it, is necessary if we are to become truly human. — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 401

Categorization

• APHORISMS: A genuine piece of life-advice about the moral necessity of accepting hard truths.