Whiskey River, with his ever-fine collection of quotes, has this one from Yatri that I really like:

“Truth is always individual, anyone else’s truth is worthless. Truth is a non-transferable ticket which only bears one name.”

This immediately makes me start humming that little ditty on Peter Gabriel’s second solo album, D.I.Y …

Everyone want to be what he not
Nobody happy with what he got
You function like a dummy with a new ventriloquist
Do you say nothing yourself?
Hanging like a thriller on the final twist
You know you’re getting stuck on the shelf
Come up to me with your “what did you say?”
And I’ll tell you straight in the eye… D.I.Y.

Granted, when I first heard the song and not paying much attention to the lyrics, I did think that D.I.Y (short for do it yourself) was just a clever euphemism. But a second reading of the lyrics seemed to re-quote St. Paul’s admonition to “work out your own salvation.”

I came out of a culture that has a high respect for having a “true knowledge” over simple beliefs… but of course, your knowledge should coincide with everyone else’s.

Nah, I believe that every person’s soul is unique… just like everybody else.