Epictetus Quotes
If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
Quotes to Explore
-
The books that help you most are those which make you think that most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.
-
I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.
-
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
-
The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.
-
The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established; once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.
-
The simple truth of our finiteness is that we could, by whatever means, go on interminably only at the price of either losing the past and, therewith, our identity, or living only in the past and therefore without a real present. We cannot seriously wish either and thus not a physical enduring at that price.
-
Songwriters tell the truth.
-
Truly, love is delightful and pleasant food, supplying, as it does, rest to the weary, strength to the weak, and joy to the sorrowful. It in fact renders the yoke of truth easy and its burden light.
-
You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.
-
You don't ever see a thriller with a spiritual backbone.
-
The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.
-
I preach there are all kinds of truth, your truth and somebody else's. But behind all of them there is only one truth and that is that there's no truth.
-
The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I'm one of the least competitive people you'll ever meet. Except with myself.
-
The 'Dog's Purpose' premise has gotten me so many emails and comments from people who say that their dog is so much like one they had when they were young or years before, that it seems like the truth. The idea that you would come across an old friend later in life.
-
The truth cannot be deceptive, and one who sees it cannot be deceived.
-
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
-
The truth is that I've always wanted to be an actor, ever since I was a child. I used to see these English movies which were shown to us in our school every Saturday, and then I used to enact the hero's part in my head.
-
For the sake of the troops, for the love of the troops, we must not add yet another casualty to this war. We must not let truth be a casualty of this war.
-
Even in times of war, you can see current events in their historical perspective, provided that your passion for the truth prevails over your bias in favor of your own nation.
-
Even though I wasn't born or raised in El Paso, it'll always be a part of me until the day that I die.
-
I should think that being my old lady would be all the satisfaction or career any woman needs.
-
If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.
