Quotes About Truth

There seems no way out. I thought, everybody is always angry about the truth even though they claim to believe in it.

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!

Only liars manage always to be out of the market during bad times and in during good times.

Whatever it takes for you to find your freedom, that's what you've lived.

There is nothing that isn't true if you believe it; and nothing is true, believe it or not.

When I am perfectly clear, what is is what I want.

That's what inquiry is for, to break through stressful mythology. These

The Work is merely four questions; it's not even a thing. It has no motive, no strings. It's nothing without your answers. These four questions will join any program you've got and enhance it. Any religion you have—they'll enhance it. If you have no religion, they will bring you joy. And they'll burn up anything that isn't true for you. They'll burn through to the reality that has always been waiting.

When I listened within myself I saw that the world is what it is – nothing more, nothing less. Where reality is concerned, there is no "what should be." There is only what is, just the way it is, right now. The truth is prior to every story. And every story, prior to investigation, prevents us from seeing what's true.

This is true freedom: a mind that is no longer deceived by itself. Ruth:

Reality is always kinder than the stories we tell about it.

A thought is harmless unless we believe it. It's not our thoughts, but the attachment to our thoughts, that causes suffering. Attaching to a thought means believing that it's true, without inquiring. A belief is a thought that we've been attaching to, often for years.

When you ask "Is it true?" for example, you may not really want to know. It could be that you'd rather stay with your statement than dive into the unknown. Blocking means rushing the process and answering with your conscious mind before the gentler polarity of mind (I call it "the heart") can answer.

Your story is your identity, and you'd do almost anything to prove that it's true. Inquiry into self is the only thing that has the power to penetrate such ancient concepts. Even

Every no I say is a yes to myself. It feels right to me. People don't have to guess what I want or don't want, and I don't need to pretend. When you're honest about your yeses and noes, it's easy to live a kind life. People come and go in my life when I tell the truth, and they would come and go if I didn't tell the truth. I have nothing to gain one way, and everything to gain the other way. I don't leave myself guessing or guilty.

You can argue with reality all you want, or you can stop arguing long enough to understand it and be free.

1. Is it true? 2. Can you absolutely know that it's true? 3. How do you react when you believe that thought? 4. Who would you be without the thought?

Is it true?        2. Can you absolutely know that it's true?        3. How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought?        4. Who would you be without the thought?

Reality doesn't wait for our agreement or approval. It is what it is. You can count on it. Gary:

As I often say, if you argue with reality, you lose—but only 100 percent of the time.

cuando alguien me decía algo que era verdad, me daba cuenta de ello porque me ponía a la defensiva de inmediato

Forgiveness is discovering that what you thought happened, didn't—that there was never anything to forgive

La realidad es siempre más amable que las historias que contamos sobre ella.

You can argue with the way things are. You'll lose, but only 100% of the time.