Quotes About Truth

Who has deceived thee as often as thyself?

Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native luster about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame that cannot be painted.

You will observe with Concern how long a useful Truth may be known, and exist, before it is generally receiv'd and practis'd on.

grew convinc'd that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life; and I form'd written resolutions, which still remain in my journal book, to practice them ever while I lived.

through the goodness of the Lord, truth, I believed, gained some ground, and it was a strengthening opportunity to the honest-hearted.

stationer, that Riddlesden, the attorney, was a very knave.

138. Elegancy, is a good Meen and Address given to Matter, be it by proper or figurative Speech: Where the Words are apt, and allusions very natural, Certainly it has a moving Grace: But it is too artificial for Simplicity, and oftentimes for Truth. The Danger is, lest it delude the Weak, who in such Cases may mistake the Handmaid for the Mistress, if not Error for Truth.

pleaded the usefulness of the work, mine convinced me that nothing was useful which was not honest.

Truth is brighter than light.

which we once esteemed truths, were errors; and that others, which we had esteemed errors, were real truths.

who differ are so far in the wrong; like a man traveling in foggy weather, those at some distance before him on the road he sees wrapped up in the fog, as well as those behind him, and also the people in the fields on each side, but near him all appears clear, tho' in truth he is as much in the fog as any of them.

the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute or desire of victory; and, to prevent warmth, all expressions of positiveness in opinions, or direct contradiction,

element that makes the record real and brings the story

What we need to do is recognize inner nature and work with things as they are. When we don't we get in trouble.

The power-hungry wanter their followers to believe that heaven was a place to which some people - and only people - went after death, a place that could be reached by those who had the approval of their organizations. So not even the perfected spirits were able to restore the wholeness of truth, because of interference by the human ego.

Knowledge and cleverness tend to concern themselves with the wrong sorts of things, and a mind confused by knowledge, cleverness and abstract ideas tends to go chasing after things that don't matter, or that don't even exists, instead of seeing, appreciating, and making use of what is fit in front of it.

Knowledge doesn't really care. Wisdom does.

You'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into round holes, ignoring the clear reality that Things Are As They Are.

Now, scholars can be very useful and necessary, in their own dull and unamusing way. They provide a lot of information. It's just that there is Something More, and that Something More is what life is really all about.

History has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular.

It doesn't matter if justice is on your side. You have to depict your position as just.

So you could write what you know. The problem, of course, is that some people don't know shit.

They wear masks that hide how hairy they are on the inside.

The world is a sewer of lies. We're all up to our necks in the sweet shit of it.