The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it, seems to me the deepest root of all evil that is in the world.

Max Born
Max Born (1882-1970) German physicist
Natural Philosophy of Cause and Chance (1964)

Also in My Life and Views (1968), p. 183

 
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