Truth Quotes
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In very truth the days are almost free, and if it is another way of saying that our lives are empty, well -- there are days when emptiness is spacious, and non-existence elevating . . .
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I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for a living.
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I believe that hunger for a 'lost dimension' of experience is a natural yearning in all of us, and it doesn't go away just because we ignore it. It is evidenced among other places in the millions of children and adults who obsessively read the 'Harry Potter' books. It is said that fiction is where someone gets to tell the truth.
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Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
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Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
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Freedom from spiritual conflicts and bondage is not a power encounter; it's a truth encounter.
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In truth, the best long-term explanations about our ancient counterparts can be found in the paintings, sculpture, crafts, tools of utility, language and architecture left behind. These are the building blocks of civilization we call culture. These are what we call 'the arts.
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"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
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Don't let anyone tell you that standardized tests are not accurate measures. The truth of the matter is they offer a remarkably precise method for gauging the size of the houses near the school where the test was administered.
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A man is one whose body has been trained to be the ready servant of his mind; whose passions are trained to be the servants of his will; who enjoys the beautiful, loves truth, hates wrong, loves to do good, and respects others as himself.
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The idea came like a flash of lightning and in an instant the truth was revealed.
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I do not think discursively. It is not so much that I arrive at truth as that I take my start from it.
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It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them.
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Truth is, I'll never know all there is to know about you just as you will never know all there is to know about me. Humans are by nature too complicated to be understood fully. So, we can choose either to approach our fellow human beings with suspicion or to approach them with an open mind, a dash of optimism and a great deal of candour.
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You can't learn the truth about a man's intentions by asking him.
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The gift of the Truth beats all other gifts. The flavour of the Truth beats all other tastes. The joy of the Truth beats all other joys, and the cessation of desire conquers all suffering.
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Working with children is very different than the way in which I work with adults. One has to work just as much with children as with adults, but the manner of work is very different. I never tell the children the actual truth of the thing that I want them to act.
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Spirituality is a brave search for the truth about existence, fearlessly peering into the mysterious nature of life.
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We obviously have to honor the commitments that have been made to the people who are already retired or near the retirement age. But we need to tell the truth about the fact that when we set the retirement age at age 65 in America, life expectancy was only 62.
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In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth.
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In the end, how much distance lies between the truth and what we believe to be true? Between the things we feel at one time and the things we end up doing?
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And though this world with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us.
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But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
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This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them.
