Quotes About Truth

But he hasn't got anything on! the whole town cried out at last.

Bien des gens reçurent de cette funeste poussière dans l'Å"il. Une fois là, elle y restait, et les gens voyaient tout en mal, tout en laid, et tout à l'envers.

The Bible is like no other book for the Christian, yet it is sometimes the least read. We read every popular book that promises to lift up our Christian life, but forget the true source that God left for each of us.

The soldier must say Yes when he thinks Yes. But when many say Yes and think No, when they feel forced to say Yes, though they think No, or when they say Yes for the sake of their careers, their own comfort or self-interest while their consciences tell them No, the point has been reached where true soldiering dies out altogether. And not only soldiering. This is death's great triumph. For when conscience dies, mankind dies with it.

The face he showed in Jesus is really his true and single face.

if the power of government rests on the widespread acceptance of false indeed absurd and foolish ideas, then the only genuine protection is the systematic attack of these ideas and the propagation and proliferation of true ones.

The truth may be better than lies... But it doesn't always set you free.

the cardinal rule: You never have to take back words you don't say.

It was all so damn fragile, that was the thing. Obvious, for sure,but for the most part we block - we refuse to think about how easily our lives could be torn asunder, because when we recognize it, we lose our minds. The ones who are fearful all the time, who need to medicate to function? It is because they understand the reality, how thin the line is. It isn't that they can't accept the truth - its that they can't block it.

Here is the truth about tragedy: it's good for the soul.

Did tragedy cause fissures, open them wider--or did tragedy merely turn on the light so you could see the fissure that had always been there?

Fame is more addictive than crack. Adults who lose fame--one-hit wonders, for example--usually tailspin into depression, though they try to act like they're above it. They don't want to admit the truth. Their whole life is a lie, a desperate scramble for another dose of that most potent of drugs. Fame

One time Clu tried to explain it to me," Enos continued. "'Sometimes,' he said, 'you don't want to escape the world; sometimes you want to escape yourself.' " He cocked his head. "Do you believe that?" "Not really," Myron said. "Like a lot of cute phrases, it sounds good. But it also sounds like a load of self-rationalization.

You want this so badly—this second chance, this chance at real redemption—that you can't see the truth." "What

Todavía oigo aquella sandez del «mejor haber amado y haber perdido». Otra mentira más. Créanme si les digo que no es mejor. Que no me enseñen el paraíso para cerrarlo después.

They're politicians,' Win said. 'They'd lie and evade if you asked them what they had for breakfast.

looked me straight in the eye and spoke an indisputable truth: You don't know my life.

I read Parker's Spenser series in college. When it comes to detective novels, 90 percent of us admit he's an influence, and the rest of us lie about it.

You learn a lot about relationships when your job, in some ways, is to break them up. But the truth is, almost every relationship has breaking points. Every relationship has fissures and cracks. That doesn't mean it's meaningless or bad or even wrong. We know that everything in our lives is complex and gray. Yet we somehow expect our relationships to never be anything but simple and pure.

He sounded genuine, but Myron knew that meant nothing. People were amazing liars.

Those who claim they can spot a lie are usually just fooled with greater conviction.

When I got off the phone with Rachel, I called Ema and filled her in on the plan. I wanted to get an update on Spoon, but, one, I didn't know who to call, and, two, I didn't want to be distracted. Spoon had made it clear: There was nothing I could do for him. I had to concentrate on finding the truth. I

Myron likes to say that even the ugliest truth is better than the prettiest of lies.

Just because you do right doesn't mean that wrong won't still find you.