- Rabindranath Tagore

A quick comment about this quote:

When I first heard this quote, I thought of a well known bible teacher who was so vehement and mean spirited about what he taught and said that regardless of how true some of the points he made were, and regardless of the evidence he had or may have had to back it up, weighty argument and points – they were all defeated merely by his bigoted approach.

His mean-spiritedness and bigotry crushed his message.  There was no way for him to say “don’t confuse me with the facts” because it was that bad.

What to do with this famous saying

Realize that it is not expedient to argue something that is true in such a vehement or overzealous that will perhaps ruin the very message and tarnish the very facts we wish to present.

Anything that is to be presented should be done so in a smarter way, not a hostile way.  Otherwise we kill the truth we tried to protect and share.