Good Quote to the Fringe?

This post comes from a Columbian Discussion Forum:

Just reading a book and was happy to see that my thoughts follow a person that was wiser than I will ever be.

Max Born - 1954 Nobel winner

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

The poster then states:

"This statment was made about knowledge but I think it speaks truthfully to beliefs in general."

On the surface this sounds very wise. However, taken as posted, this comment is self-refuting. The claim of "the belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the deepest root of all the evil that is in the world" is itself a truth claim.

If it is true that there cannot be only one truth then Born's statement is false because he is claiming his belief as the only truth.

If there can be a single truth then Born's statement is also false because he claims that there cannot be only one truth.

Either way, Born's makes a false claim of truth which he himself is in possession of thereby committing the "deepest root of all the evil that is in the world."

UPDATED: 6/27/2006 to correct the spelling of Max Born's name.