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Real science studies and makes accessible that knowledge which people at that period of history think important, and real art transfers this truth from the domain of knowledge to the domain of feelings.
Creating art is not as elevated a thing as many people guess, but certainly it is a useful and kind thing to do, especially if it brings people together and arouses kind feelings in them.

There is only one real knowledge: that which helps us to be free. Every other type of knowledge is mere amusement.
—V ISHNU PURANA

To tell the truth is the same as to be a good tailor, or to be a good farmer, or to write beautifully. To be good at any activity req uires practice: no matter how hard you try, you cannot do naturally what you have not done repeatedly. In order to get accustomed, you should tell only the truth, even in the smallest of things.
We lie to other people so often that we get used to it, and we start to lie to ourselves.

W e have to fulfill honestly and irreproachably the work destined for us. It does not matter whether we hope that we will become angels some day, or believe that we have originated from slugs.
—JOHN RUSKIN