Quotes About Truth

His current theory is that Sutton lived three separate lives. The one he remembered, the one he told people about, the one that really happened.

A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.

It is a profound and necessary truth that the deep things in science are not found because they are useful; they are found because it was possible to find them.

Knowledge cannot be pursued without morality.

37. On this point, and the whole paragraph, see especially Oliver O'Donovan, The Ways of Judgment (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005).

had simply wanted them to be ignorant, so they wouldn't be aware of what a fiend he really was.

Before one studies Zen, mountains are mountains and waters are waters; after a first glimpse into the truth of Zen, mountains are no longer mountains and waters are no longer waters; after enlightenment, mountains are once again mountains and waters once again waters.

The Assembly has witnessed over the last weeks how historical truth is established once an allegation has been repeated a few times, it is no longer an allegation, it is an established fact, even if no evidence has been brought out in order to support it.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

There is no rest stop on the misinformation highway.

History is often made and buttressed by myths and folklore rather than facts.

To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.

It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us.

1. Become people who seek the truth, create value and possess wisdom and enthusiasm. 2. Do not cause trouble to others, and always take responsibility for your own actions. 3. Be considerate and polite, reject violence and value trustworthiness and cooperation. 4. Boldly speak out for your beliefs and act courageously for the sake of truth and justice. 5. Cultivate an enterprising spirit and become respectable leaders of Japan and the world.

What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion.

OMG. Mulder was right. The truth really was out there.

The point is, don't lie about who you are, Sloan. Own it in all its sordid, live, loud, and proud way. It might not be what everyone labels correct, especially the women in your life, but at least it's honest.

How amazing that you can think you are experiencing a profound happening, almost like a miracle--and then you realize that you just made it that way in you mind

In Buddhism we have relative truth and absolute truth.

From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of all the various delusions, the sense of discrimination between oneself and others is the worst form, as it creates nothing but unpleasant.

It is the paradox of history that each generation is converted by the saint who contradicts it most.

Why should your conscience be any more reliable than your rotting teeth or your quite special defect of eyesight?

understanding the facts is more important than knowing the facts. But

All proof begins with something which cannot be proved, but can only be perceived or accepted, and is called an axiom or first principle.