Quotes About Truth

There is no worse blind man than the one who doesn't want to see. There is no worse deaf man than the one who doesn't want to hear. And there is no worse madman than the one who doesn't want to understand.

be impeccable with your word. It sounds very simple, but it is very, very powerful.

We make all sorts of assumptions because we don't have the courage to ask questions.

Estar vivos es nuestro mayor miedo. No es la muerte; nuestro mayor miedo es arriesgarnos a vivir: correr el riesgo de estar vivos y de expresar lo que realmente somos.

la verdad nos libera de nuestros engaños.

Your nature is to love; remember your nature. If you are acting against your nature, you're pretending to be another species. You've pretended so long that you actually are another species. Awareness means seeing, and remembering, the truth—it never went away. It never was gone, but your attention has been on the lies.

Sabrás lo que es real cuando aceptes lo que no es real.

She did not need Miguel to explain that love, unconditional and unremitting, is the essence of life. She knew well that love based on conditions is a twisted copy of the truth, and yet it is there that humanity plays—there, in the shade of a metaphorical tree that wavers like a sullen mirage and scatters the seeds of a million lies.

Toda nuestra mente es una bruma que los toltecas llamaron mitote. Nuestra mente es un sueño en el que miles de personas hablan a la vez y nadie comprende a nadie.

Faith is the result of an agreement. When you agree to believe in something without a doubt, you invest your faith. If you have no doubt about what you believe, then for you it is truth, even though it may really be a lie. Your faith is so powerful that if you believe you are not good enough, you are not good enough! If you believe you will fail, you will fail, because that is the power and magic of your faith.

We only see what we want to see, and hear what we want to hear. We don't perceive things the way they are. We have the habit of dreaming with no basis in reality.

To be alive is the biggest fear humans have. Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive — the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Just being ourselves is the biggest fear of humans.

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive — the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Just being ourselves is the biggest fear of humans.

Your opinion is nothing but your point of view. It is not necessarily true. Your opinion comes from your beliefs, your own ego, and your own dream.

BilmediÄŸimiz ÅŸeylere bilmiyoruz demesini bilmek gerek.

Adelante, lector! ¿Quién te ha dicho que no puede haber amor verdadero, fiel y eterno en el mundo, que no existe? ¡Que le corten la lengua repugnante a ese mentiroso!

Truth isn't handed *down*, brother. You beat it out with *hammers* and anneal it in your own *blood*.

Our words create us, from one moment to the next. When you lie, it's that act of self-creation that's sabotaged and corrupted. Lucifer, Book 3, preface

Nothing matters more than the stories we tell ourselves to explain the world.

Long before there were digital photos and digital manipulation, there were scissors. A simple pair of scissors could remove history, remove the truth. Sometimes the truth behind a picture doesn't have to be cut out. You just have to keep quiet about it.

Knowledge is what enables one to be wrong. (p. 11)

at the heart of character is honesty and integrity.

evict oneself from the realm of reality.

Theoretical knowledge is not the exclusive domain of ivory tower intellectuals, but is, in fact, a crucial necessity of man's proper survival. Every bit of your mental contents is derived from some theory, and your success and happiness hinge on whether it is true or false, good or evil.