Quotes About Truth

I am convinced we will discover and rediscover the truth of T. S. Eliot's observation: We must not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we began and to know the place for the first time.

A lie is any communication with intent to deceive

Maps of the way things are or realities and maps of the way things should be, or values… we're usually even unaware that we have them. We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be.

dos personas pueden mirar lo mismo, disentir, y sin embargo estar ambas en lo cierto. No se trata de lógica, sino de psicología.

You cannot play with the animal in you without becoming wholly animal, play with falsehood without forfeiting your right to truth, play with cruelty without losing your sensitivity of mind. He who wants to keep his garden tidy doesn't reserve a plot for weeds.

We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be.

There must be something changeless that is true! When we are anchored and invulnerable down deep, we can be open and vulnerable on the surface of our lives by flowing with changes, loving unconditionally, and viewing life as a marvelous exciting adventure.

Is it logical that two people can disagree and that both can be right? It's not logical: it's psychological. And it's very real.

The wisdom and guidance that accompany principle-centered living come from correct maps, from the way things really are, have been, and will be. Correct maps enable us to clearly see where we want to go and how to get there. We can make our decisions using the correct data that will make their implementation possible and meaningful.

When we value correct principles, we have truth—a knowledge of things as they are.

Integrity also means avoiding any communication that is deceptive, full of guile, or beneath the dignity of people. "A lie is any communication with intent to deceive," according to one definition of the word. Whether we communicate with words or behavior, if we have integrity, our intent cannot be to deceive.

Principles are deep, fundamental truths, classic truths, generic common denominators. They are tightly interwoven threads running with exactness, consistency, beauty, and strength through the fabric of life.

While individuals may look at their own lives and interactions in terms of paradigms or maps emerging out of their experience and conditioning, these maps are not the territory. They are a "subjective reality," only an attempt to describe the territory.

Each of us tends to think we see things as they are, that we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world, not as it is, but as we are—or, as we are conditioned to see it.

One of the most important variables in whether an enterprise remains great lies in a simple question: what is the truth about the inner motivations, character, and ambition of those who hold power? Their

Never compromise with honesty.

Integrity includes but goes beyond honesty. Honesty is telling the truth—in other words, conforming our words to reality. Integrity is conforming reality to our words—in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations. This requires an integrated character, a oneness, primarily with self but also with life.

We can see a reality that is superseded by his limited perception—a reality that is as critical for us to understand in our daily lives

by his limited perception—a reality that is as critical for us to understand in our daily lives as it was for the captain in the fog.

Is it logical that two people can disagree and that both can be right? It's not logical: it's psychological.

the map is not the territory." A map is simply an explanation of certain aspects of the territory.

the more we know of correct principles, the greater is our personal freedom to act wisely.

Covey believed that timeless principles do indeed exist, and that the search for them is not folly, but wisdom

awareness—making promises, setting goals, and being true to them—