Quotes About Truth

Truth is such a rare thing, it is delightful to tell it." —EMILY DICKINSON

Perceiving is believing. Misperceiving is deceiving— And worse yet, prevents achieving. The

Think about what you're thinking. When you consciously analyze the ideas you've formed about a person and weigh these perceptions against reality, you can rewire your brain and build new, more accurate perceptions. Then you'll be communicating with the person who's really in front of you—not the fictitious character conjured up by your false perceptions.

An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper. —KAHLIL GIBRAN, POET AND PHILOSOPHER

I don't remember deciding to become a writer. You decide to become a dentist or a postman. For me, writing is like being gay. You finally admit that this is who you are, you come out and hope that no one runs away.

Metaphors are lies.

And Father said, "Christopher, do you understand that I love you?" And I said "Yes," because loving someone is helping them when they get into trouble, and looking after them, and telling them the truth, and Father looks after me when I get into trouble, like coming to the police station, and he looks after me by cooking meals for me, and he always tells me the truth, which means that he loves me.

What they failed to teach you at school was that the whole business of being human just got messier and more complicated as you got older. You could tell the truth, be polite, take everyone's feelings into consideration and still have to deal with other people's shit. At nine or ninety.

Phony never led anyone to Jesus.

Compromise is the assassin of fellowship with God.

Sooner or later, we have to realize that Jesus is more than church.

As Christians, we can't live by what we feel or go off our gut, because it is rotten (Philippians 3:19). We have to live by truth. God has been constantly reminding me lately that his Word is truth. And truth is truth. It doesn't only become truth when we start believing it. Truth just is - for everybody everywhere and at all times.

Understanding and truly accepting God's forgiveness is the incubator to a meaningful walk with Jesus. As we escape the dregs of compromise to walk in purity and obedience, we are free to grow on God's timetable if we ignore the lies of the unholy world. And only by avoiding faulty human logic can we give our lives over to the seeming risk of a God who is actually unable to be anything but faithful.

Jesus is not life enhancement. Jesus is life.

What's true about you is what God says about you. Not what your mirror says. Not what your past says.

Idealism is not a reliable guide to the meaning of Revelation.

The bottom line is this: Don't be afraid of or intimidated by Revelation. God wants you to understand and apply the truth of this book to your life.

1. the belt of truth 2. the breastplate of righteousness 3. the shoes of peace 4. the shield of faith 5. the helmet of salvation 6. the sword of the Spirit

Satan, the master deceiver, works best when he is underestimated, ignored, or denied.

Satan is the great 'I am not'; and he is never happier than when he has convinced people that he is non-existent.

Martin Luther. And though this world with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us; We will not fear, for God has willed His truth to triumph through us.

Only God could take the deepest of human sorrows and in only six verses transform them into hope. That is exactly what this passage is about—hope. Death does not have the final word. The false teachers do not have the final word. Human speculation does not have the final word. Into the darkness of our confusion, God shines the light of His truth. God's truth can transform ignorance into understanding, grief into joy, and hopelessness into assurance.

You will never be passionate about something in which you don't fully believe. You may be able to fake your passion for Christ for a season, but it will be sure to wither when the heat of affliction comes. How far you are willing to go and how much discomfort you are willing to experience for the sake of the gospel will say much about what you truly believe.

What customers say they want is often different from what they actually want.