Truth Quotes
-
That's not the same thing as saying that the latest account that he gives should be unmistakably taken as the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I wouldn't say he never wanted to be followed or be called a leader. (But) he probably wanted it less than it seemed at the time.
Christopher Ricks -
Why was I worried? Because if, in everyday life, I was so embarrassed, so cautious, that I scarcely breathed, the diary produced in me a craving for truth. I thought that when one writes, it makes no sense to be contained, to censor oneself, and as a result I wrote mostly—maybe only—about what I would have preferred to be silent about, resorting among other things to a vocabulary that I would never have dared to use in speaking.
Elena Ferrante
-
It seems to me that any ideology is bad because it is inevitably reductive and identifies other ideologies as evil, and itself with truth, whereas both truth and goodness are always transcendent.
Alexander Schmemann -
One of the more positive aspects of our existence in Oceania is that truth is flexible and negotiable, despite attempts by some of us to impose political, religious, and other forms of absolutionism. Versions of truth may be accepted for particular purposes and moments, only to be reversed when circumstances demand other versions; and we often accede to things just to stop being bombarded, and then go ahead and do what we want to do anyway.
Epeli Hau'ofa -
Truth is truth, though from an enemy, and spoken in malice.
George Lillo -
It is not our task to secure the triumph of truth, but merely to fight on its behalf.
Blaise Pascal -
Truth derives its strength not so much from itself as from the brilliant contrast it makes with what is only apparently true. This applies especially to Chess, where it is often found that the profoundest moves do not much startle the imagination.
Emanuel Lasker -
See the truth, and you will see me.
Gautama Buddha
-
People don't want to know the truth.
Katherine Jackson -
Stereotypes have their roots in truth.
Emma Walton Hamilton -
It is better by assenting to truth to conquer opinion, than by assenting to opinion to be conquered by truth.
Epictetus -
For ages this idea has been proclaimed in the consummately wise teachings of religion, probably not alone as a means of insuring peace and harmony among men, but as a deeply founded truth. The Buddhist expresses it in one way, the Christian in another, but both say the same: We are all one.
Nikola Tesla -
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell -
The heart of the hypocrite is hid in his breast he masketh his words in the semblance of truth, while the business of his life is only to deceive.
Akhenaton
-
The truth always turns out to be simpler than you thought.
Richard Feynman -
The truth is that the only time I'm happy is when I'm doing absolutely nothing. I don't understand people who like to work and talk about it like it was some sort of goddamn duty. Doing nothing feel like floating on warm water to me. Delightful, perfect.
Ava Gardner -
Myth embodies the nearest approach to absolute truth that can be stated in words.
Ananda Coomaraswamy -
The path of Truth is as narrow as it is straight. Even so is that of ahimsa.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Religion is just a path for finding truth: Religion is not truth. It is just a path. And different people follow different paths.
Anita Moorjani -
If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.
Confucius
-
. . .the larger the crowd, the more probable that that which it praises is folly, and the more improbable that it is truth; and the most improbable of all that it is any eternal truth.
Soren Kierkegaard -
In the world of President Trump, we really want people who aren't going to lie. We want people who can sit in front of a congressional committee for hours and, however mad they may make us, never give us reason to doubt that they are telling the truth as they see it.
Benjamin Wittes -
The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.
William James -
The truth is that this universe is gassy and unpredictable. It still has not said excuse me for The Big Bang. Sometimes we expect too much instead of practicing enough or receiving in us just the right answer.
Buddy Wakefield