truths and lies

“Proof is only possible in mathematics, and mathematics is only a matter of arbitrary conventions. And yet, doubt is a good servant but a bad master; a perfect mistress, but a nagging wife. ‘white is white’ is the lash of the overseer: ‘white is black’ is the watchword of the slave. The Master takes no heed... ….I slept with Faith, and found a corpse in my arms on awaking; I drank and danced all night with Doubt, and found her a virgin in the morning. The cause of sorrow is the desire of the One to the Many, or of the Many to One. This also is the cause of joy. But the desire of one to another is all of sorrow; its birth is hunger; and it’s death satiety. The desire of the moth for the star at least saves him satiety. Hunger thou, O man, for the infinite: be insatiable even for the finite; thus at The End shalt thou devour the finite, and become infinite.” A.:C.: