Quotes About Truth

So many were swept away by boldfaced lies and swayed into currents of vicious fantasies, until they were so far from the shore of truth that they couldn't even see it.

to devote himself to pleasure. Now Dorian was occupied with the cover-up of the truth of Springville and needed Ludlow for this one task

to devote himself to pleasure. Now Dorian was occupied with the cover-up of the truth of Springville and needed Ludlow for this one task, and Haskell was back to do his part for the team.

Only the human monster knew beauty and rejected it, knew truth and disdained it, knew peace and did not prefer it, unlike the tiger and the wolf who knew not.

What he has seen is a nation gone insane. History attests that whole societies can turn away from truth and descend into a madness of lies in as little as a year. That was all it took in Germany in the late 1930s.

If envious humanity sought godlike power and fell from grace, it might be true that some race before us did the same

Yeah. Because tonight I was that drawing. I always thought I knew exactly who I was. Then a simple shift of perspective, and I see a different me. Which one is real and which is fiction?

have learned a great deal from novels. Some of it is even true.

When a liar became too skilled at deception, he could lose the ability to discern truth, and could himself be more easily deceived.

The fat moon is past the apex of its arc, rolling westward like a coin following a groove toward a slot, and when it drops, perhaps the vending machine that is this mysterious world will dispense an item so rich in truth that humanity can begin to be cured by it.

real father, his only father." I was

Her sweet appearance and air of perpetual gratitude for the very fact of life seemed to be the truth of her.

shore of truth that they couldn't even see it. They were everywhere in our time, controlled by those who taught them to fear what didn't threaten them and receive with gladness those ideas and forces that would rob them of purpose, of meaning, of security—and sooner than later would take away their

those naive souls who believe what authorities tell them in the name of science.

This is reality, tofu man, because reality is what we carry in our hearts, and my heart is full of beauty just for you.

Do not seek truth; merely cease to cherish opinions.

No one believing you is a symptom of telling the truth.

We are only as sick as our secrets.

Only by living in reality 100 percent of the time do we have the power to take action, make lasting changes, and become the masters of our lives.

It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are, without any self-deception or illusion, that a light will develop out of events, by which the path to success may be recognized. I Ching, Hexagram 5, Hsü, Waiting (Nourishment)

Fiecare dintre noi trebuie s? avem curajul de a aduce la lumin? minciunile pe care ni le spunem nou? înÅŸine.

We don't change God's message. His message changes us.

They hadn't been married long and she hated to disillusion him so soon. Once he met the family, he might well have serious doubts about her, and the truth was, she wouldn't blame him.

The ad had been the pivotal point of her life. It had forced her to take an honest look at her existence. She couldn't bear to go on another day the way she had been. Pretending to be happy. Imagining so much that was never there and never would be unless she took action.