Quotes About Truth

what is not true does not exist in this moment.

Peace becomes a fantasy when egos are promoted and facts distorted.

If you want to realize yourselves all your pet illusions must be unmasked.

I don't even have a dog. I tell people I'm allergic so they won't think less of me. Instead I have a cat, the pet that ranks just above a throw pillow in terms of responsibility required.

The Sea Will be the Sea Whatever the drop's philosophy.

False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.

If honesty were suddenly introduced into American life, the whole system would collapse.

It was good, it was bad. But it was real, and that's all you have.

He who claims to be sure of something for which there is no evidence is a fool, and he who acts on the basis of what cannot be proved is an imposter.

The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.

Moral relativism has a reputation for being compassionate, caring and humane, but it is an extremely useful philosophy for tyrants.

Nihilism has no substance. There is no such thing as nothingness, and zero does not exist. Everything is something. Nothing is nothing.

You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.

Not how the world is, but that it is, is the mystery.

The map is not the territory.

Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.

The only part of you that hurts when you're given the truth is the part that lives on lies.

I had my eyes closed in the dark, I sighed a million sighs, I told a million lies, to myself, to myself.

Zen professes itself to be the spirit of Buddhism, but in fact it is the spirit of all religions and philosophies.

Geometry will draw the soul toward truth and create the spirit of philosophy.

Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

I have never seen either angels or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them.

The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.