Quotes About Truth

Instead of shunning the darkness, we can face straight into it with an open mind. When we do that, the unknown changes. Fearful things become understandable and a truth is suggested: the enigmatic presence of the human mind winks back from the dark. WHITLEY STRIEBER, COMMUNION

We humans have a nasty habit of deciding to believe that things we don't actually understand are explained in some way that we make up. And the next thing we know, we're killing each other over these imaginings.

Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when e suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth we have spoken it.

My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.

I can't run from myself There's nowhere to hide

It taught me that . . . there can be no true humility and no true compassion where there is no courage.

A man is not primarily a witness against something. That is only incidental to the fact that he is a witness for something.

We are willing to stand by the revelations of God.

If you could hear, at every jolt, the bloodCome gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cudOf vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—My friend, you would not tell with such high zestTo children ardent for some desperate glory,The old Lie: Dulce et decorum estPro patria mori.

All a poet can do today is warn.

If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory That old lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

For this was the real desert where differences of race and colour, of wealth and social standing, are almost meaningless; where coverings of pretence are stripped away and basic truths emerge.

Bir korku duyup duymad???m? anlamaya çal???yorum. Ama korku duyup duymad???m üzerinde dü?ünebiliyorsam, bu korku gerçek bir korku olamaz.

Man's right to know, to learn, to inquire, to make bona fide errors, to investigate human emotions must, by all means, be safe, if the word "freedom" should ever be more than an empty political slogan.

And the truth must finally lie in that which every oppressed individual feels within himself but hasn't the courage to express

Power, no matter what kind of power it is, without a foundation in truth, is a dictatorship, more or less and in one way or another, for it is always based on man's fear of the social responsibility and personal burden that "freedom" entails.

Without the power to put them into practice, truths are of no use. They remain academic. Power, no matter what kind of power it is, without a foundation in truth, is a dictatorship, more or less and in one way or another, for it is always based on man's fear of the social responsibility and personal burden that "freedom" entails. Dictatorial power and truth do not go together. They are mutually exclusive.

The future of the human race depends on your thoughts and actions. But your teachers and masters don't tell you how you really think and what you really are; no one dares to confront you with the one truth that might make you the unswerving master of your fate. You are "free" in only one respect: free from the self-criticism that might help you to govern your own life.

Truth is dangerous when it concerns you.

A vida brota a partir de milhares de fontes vibrantes, entrega-se à todos que a agarram, recusa-se a ser expressa em frases tediosas, aceita apenas ações transparentes, palavras verdadeiras e o prazer do amor

Briç oynamam, kuramlar?m? yaymak için kokteyl partileri de vermem. Ö?retilerim do?ruysa kendi kendilerine yay?lacaklard?r.

Sen onlara ancak ?öyle sahip ç?kars?n küçük adam: Öteki küçük adamlar, bu büyük adamlar?n gerçekten büyük oldu?unu sana söyledi?i zaman.

Senin büyük bir gereksinme duydu?un ?eyi onun buldu?unu kabul etmektense, çok ama pek çok kanserli hastan?n ölümünü görmeyi ye?leyeceksin. Sana göre meslek onurun ya da bankadaki hesab?n ya da radyum sanayisi ile olan ili?kin, hakikatten ve ö?renmekten çok daha önemlidir. ??te bu yüzden çok küçük ve sefilsin, küçük adam.

Düzen"in ç?karlar? u?rana öldürmeyi sürdürüyorsun; ama korkakça, sinsi sinsi öldürüyorsun. Beni herkesin önünde ahlâks?zl?kla suçlarken do?rudan gözlerimin içine bakamazs?n. Çünkü hangimizin daha ahlâks?z, hangimizin ?ehvet dü?künü, hangimizin aç?k saç?k yay?nlar?n hayran? oldu?unu çok iyi biliyorsun.