Quotes About Truth

I believe that nothing can be more abstract, more unreal, than what we actually see.

It is greater vanity to pursue things more for their reputation than for what they really are, but these kinds of men can be found in any age, men who pay more attention to appearances than realities

No one will ever know it and a sin that's hidden is half forgiven.

Senseless creatures, you don't see how much evil is concealed under a little good appearance.

TristeÈ›ii fizice È™i absolute a dup?-amiezilor din timpul s?rb?torilor de iarn? i-au urmat întrebarea asupra r?ului È™i binelui existenÈ›ei, iar spirirtul spunea nu la orice promisiune, orice vis mincinos, orice pl?cere fals? È™i sufla peste cele din urm? farmece, ca vântul de la miezul nopÈ›ii peste ultimele pâlpâiri ale unor lumân?ri muribunde.

Entonces Don Quijote comprendió de qué clase de paño estaban hechas las mujeres, sin excluir las que parecen angelicales, y cobró odio hasta contra la poesía que tan poca ayuda le había prestado

Quem imagina que vive porque enche e esvazia o ventre, porque fala e corre, porque gera filhos e escava fossos ilude-se e está morto - um daqueles mortos aos quais é permitido sepultar os seus mortos. Vivemos sem medo, no meio de uma multidão de cadáveres que andam, sorriem e serão sepultados sem terem jamais vivido.

A linguagem acha-se toda ensopada de mentiras.

These days if you want to know a man's true nature you need more than a pinch of salt; you'd need seven sack-loads of the stuff.

La realtà può permettersi ogni stranezza: la fantasia no.

In Hong Kong, there was no People of Color club because they were all the same color, and if you said bad things about white people, it wasn't racism, it was resistance, unless you said it to their face. Then it was speaking truth to power.

True knowledge, which is the ultimate wisdom, comes from within the heart. What emerges is a resonance--a knowing--which is beyond all words and which is the ultimate expression of our spirit within.

The greatest denial of Truth is the belief that being vulnerable is dangerous.

But what is important is that it is hard to see in this instance what they have to gain by denying that they had been "schooled" for murder at the euthanasia institutes, if that in fact was what happened. They would surely appear in a slightly less terrible light if they could claim that they had been scientifically conditioned – brainwashed – to death-camp work, rather than assigned to it because their natures seemed particularly suited to such activity.

I am responsible only to myself and my God. Only I know what I did of my own free will.

he had finally, however briefly, faced himself and told the truth; it was a monumental effort to reach that fleeting moment when he became the man he should have been.

velha ideia russa segundo a qual a arte não é somente cultura, mas construção, profecia, verdade.

My conscience is clear, because I know that in my conscience and in front of God I am guilty of nothing. I hope human justice will see at the same way.

If a citizen who's committed many crimes, instead of going to prison would say something against me or another politician, or against any other well known person ... I don't want to be disrespectful to anybody but someone who's killed twenty people could easily tell a lie.

Era anche troppo facile pensare che fosse quella l'arma che aveva ucciso monna Vana, troppo facile. Ma d'altra parte non erano i maestri di Francia, i filosofi che tenevano lezione nel vicolo degli Strami a Parigi, a insegnarci che la causa semplice è regina sulla causa complessa? E che la Natura, oltre che del vuoto, ha parimenti orrore dell'inutile complessità?

Murky thoughts, like murky waters, can serve two purposes only: to hide what lies beneath, which is our ignorance, or to make the shallow seem deep

Good council has no price.

To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better.

Evil is relative…You can't hang a sign on it. You can't touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger.