Truth Quotes
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The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.
Buddha
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It is so little true that martyrs offer any support to the truth of a cause that I am inclined to deny that any martyr has ever had anything to do with the truth at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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I think life is difficult and that's that. I am not at all - absolutely not at all - interested in the pursuit of happiness. I am not interested in the pursuit of positivity. I am interested in pursuing a truth, and the truth often seems to be not happiness but its opposite.
Jamaica Kincaid
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Media companies' hit-focused marketing did not emerge in a vacuum. It reflects how consumers make choices. The truth is that consumers prefer blockbusters.
Anita Elberse
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As one of the first African-Americans to be out on a reality program, MTV's 'The Real World: Philadelphia,' I understand the courage it takes to live your truth on a national platform, the importance it holds to LGBT communities of color, and the power it has to create a greater conversation within American culture.
Karamo Brown
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Truth is I don't think God on a daily basis. I think politics, science.
Peter Mullan
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When your voice contradicts reality and truth, the only way to create space for it is to discredit reality and truth.
John Yarmuth
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When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on for your reader.
Anne Lamott
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I've been lucky to find people who want to work with me, whom I respect and like, but the truth is there aren't that many good projects out there. And we make way, way too many movies. So it's not always going to happen with every project. But I try and wait it out.
Kirsten Dunst
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I have seen the truth. It is not as though I had invented it in my mind. I have seen it, SEEN IT and the living image of it has filled my soul forever.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Malicious lying is usually a matter of need, but often the cruelest things we say are the truth.
Jesse Ball
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The truth doesn't have to do with cruelty, the truth has to do with mercy.
Ken Kesey
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I have played hell somewhat with the truthfulness of the colours.
Vincent Van Gogh
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Activism in the street is truth-telling, and organizing is talking to people for a specific goal.
DeRay Mckesson
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It is certain that the truth of the Christian faith becomes more evident the more the faith itself is known. Therefore, the doctrine should not only be in Latin but also in the common tongue, and as the faith of the Church is contained in the Scriptures, the more these are known in the true sense, the better.
John Wycliffe
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The truth about parenting is that the reality of our lives needs to be enough.
Jessica Valenti
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If we seek... nature, then love can be informed by truth instead of being based on ignorance or self-deception.
Carl Sagan
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Alas, the spheres of truth are less transparent than those of
L. E. J. Brouwer
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I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I've learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide.
Elena Kagan
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The role of Charlie Eppes has changed me. I never imagined I would play a role like this. I lost some weight, grew my hair and now every woman in America over 40 wants to date me. It's their daughters I want to convince. The truth is all this talk makes me blush. Me, I look in the mirror and all I see is this Jewish kid from Queens.
David Krumholtz
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Truth should be the very breath of our life. When once this state in the pilgrim's progress is reached, all other rules of correct living will come without any effort, and obedience to them will be instinctive.
Mahatma Gandhi
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The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.
Gloria Estefan Miami Sound Machine
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When you claim to have the truth, as opposed to the truth as you perceive it, then you move us toward a theocratic view of government.
Gene Robinson
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Spiritual truth should never be sold - those who sell it injure themselves spiritually.
Peace Pilgrim