Quotes About Truth

The body releases its electricity, merges with another, and together there is something like God in this pleasure. But afterward, in the quiet redolent air, there must also be offerings of truth. And so the mystery of love deepens.

The great thing about being ignored is that you can speak the truth with impunity.

Eddie knelt and lifted a rock. 'Lawyers,' he whispered.

The law is where reality goes to die.

Honesty is the voice that is acceptable in every matter.

We are a mirror to show god it's cruelty.

Is a thing most fully itself in the darkness or the light?

Say it, do it, preach it, shout it, but never, absolutely never, believe your own bullshit.

I detest those who deceive me...

The greatest enemy of truth is often not the lie—deliberate, contrived and dishonest—but the myth—persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

The greatest enemy of truth is often not the lie --- deliberate, contrived and dishonest --- but the myth --- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic . - John Kennedy

the law says there's no such thing as a false opinion.

But the truth is that we're not there yet. So if you decide to remove your mask, don't do it quickly. Before you remove your mask, make sure that the other person is someone who cares enough to listen to the reasons you wear the mask. If no one has that time or inclination, keep your mouth shut.

Help me to believe the truth about myself, no matter how beautiful it may be.

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows that the good guys lost —LEONARD COHEN, "Everybody Knows," 1988

The hardest thing to let go of was the "myth," as Sageman began to call it.

You're in the lights and he thinks you're exposed, he's in the dark and he thinks he's hidden. But he's not hidden, he's dead, and you're not exposed, you're alive.

Thomas Watson who said, "The Scriptures are the library of the Holy Ghost.… The Scriptures contain in it the credenda, 'the things which we are to believe,' and the agenda, 'the things which we are to practice.'" I need to make sure I visit that library every day.

America is in moral and spiritual decline—and your favorite candidate or political party isn't going to fix it. Why are we in decline? The answer is that God has given us over to reprobate minds. A reprobate mind is one that doesn't use reason or discernment. It suppresses truth instead of embracing truth—just

How well we manage the grave dilemmas confronting us now and in the future may depend on how well we grasp the buried truths of our past." (The Age of Acquiescence, pg 13)

All that is needed now in the post-truth condition is for a third party – a Lippmann 2.0 – to establish a new baseline of truth-telling against which the New York Times' own biases come into open view.

We often think we know things when in fact it's only our imagination taking us further and further away from what is actually happening. What we imagine then seems very real to us. Soon we're caught up in our imaginary longings and loathings. But if you're here - truly present - you realize there's nothing to run from or to go after. You can stay calm...Just be with this moment and see what's going on. (9)

If it's Truth we're after, we'll find that we cannot start with any assumptions or concepts whatsoever. Instead, we must approach the world with bare, naked attention, seeing it without any mental bias - without concepts, beliefs, preconceptions, presumptions, or expectations. (6)

The Buddha encouraged people to "know for yourselves that certain things are unwholesome and wrong. And when you do, then give them up. And when you know for yourselves that certain things are wholesome and good, then accept them and follow them." The message is always to examine and see for yourself. When you see for yourself what is true-and that's really the only way that you can genuinely know anything-then embrace it. Until then, just suspend judgment and criticism.