People claim to be seeking the truth, but it would be more accurate to say they are seeking only something that suits them

People claim to be seeking the truth, but it would be more accurate to say they are seeking only something that suits them. Moreover, when they encounter the truth and it fails to correspond to their desires, they say: ‘No, no, you aren’t what I need’, and they turn away. The truth they seek must give them the means to satisfy their lusts and ambitions, and this explains why they never find it. They do everything in their power not to find it! If they truly wanted to find the truth, they would have found it long ago, and they can still easily find it today. They can see, hear and touch it everywhere, but only if they do not expect it to meet their limited notions and selfish needs.