Truths Quotes
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Diamonds are found only in the dark bowels of the earth; truths are found only in the depths of thought. It seemed to him that after descending into those depths after long groping in the blackest of this darkness, he had at last found one of these diamonds, one of these truths, and that he held it in his hand; and it blinded him to look at it.
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"To teach superstitions as truths is a most terrible thing."
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The principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-Acquiescence and violence -while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both.
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What sort of truths are they that the majority usually supports? They are truths that are of such advanced age that they are beginning to break up. And if a truth is as old as that, it is also in a fair way to become a lie, gentlemen.
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I began to be quite outrageous, and told him all I conceived of him; uttering several bold truths, not in the least to the advantage of his character.
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There is not a woman in the world the possession of whom is as precious as that of the truths which she reveals to us by causing us to suffer.
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Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices.
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Anchor your faith in the plain and simple truths of the gospel.
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The phenomenal success of the recovery movement reflects two simple truths that emerge in adolescence: all people love to talk about themselves, and most people are mad at their parents. You don't have to be in denial to doubt that truths like these will set us free.
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Mama, did you teach me to be honest, to keep my integrity no matter what? Why did you tell me that bad truths were better than good lies?
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Truth is not that which is demonstrable but that which is ineluctable.
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Mathematical knowledge is unlike any other knowledge. While our perception of the physical world can always be distorted, our perception of mathematical truths can’t be. They are objective, persistent, necessary truths. A mathematical formula or theorem means the same thing to anyone anywhere – no matter what gender, religion, or skin color; it will mean the same thing to anyone a thousand years from now. And what’s also amazing is that we own all of them. No one can patent a mathematical formula, it’s ours to share. There is nothing in this world that is so deep and exquisite and yet so readily available to all. That such a reservoir of knowledge really exists is nearly unbelievable. It’s too precious to be given away to the “initiated few.” It belongs to all of us.
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Opera does not call so much for an imaginative ear as for an imaginative eye, an eye which can see beyond little absurdities toward great truths.
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We don't claim to be infallible. I don't claim to be giving you truths from on high.
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Every fact and every work exercises a fresh persuasion over every age and every new species of man. History always enunciates new truths.
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One could push a pack of truths together to make one despicable falsehood.
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Better to illuminate than merely to shine; to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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The teaching begins by calling upon us to develop a faculty called yoniso manasikāra, careful attention. The Buddha asks us to stop drifting thoughtlessly through our lives and instead to pay careful attention to simple truths that are everywhere available to us, clamoring for the sustained consideration they deserve.
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I'd rather suffer 1000 truths than enjoy 1 lie.
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They seemed to forget that the increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment and growth of the arts; not their dimination or destruction.
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We create truths by describing, or by re-describing , our beliefs and observations. Our task, and the task of every artist and scientist, is to re-describe our inherited assumptions and invented fictions in order to create new paradigms for the future.
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There are no easy words for the insights of the spirit, and approximate language used in good faith can cause approximate truths to spread like a disease.
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All truths are old, and all that we have to do is recognize and utter them anew.
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The peculiarity of the evidence of mathematical truths is that all the argument is on one side.
