Quotes About Truth

I can't hide the truth: I will end my life unhappy, cantankerous and alone, and I will have deserved it.

His masterpiece was a dead end—but isn't that true of any masterpiece?

The response closest to the truth was probably something like 'Nothing'; but it's always difficult to explain that kind of thing to an active person.

obstinacy is perhaps the only human quality that matters at the end of the day, not only in the profession of the policeman but in many professions. At least in any that have something to do with the notion of truth.

Eine ideale Lüge besteht aus der Aneinanderreihung verschiedener wahrer Versatzstücke, an denen man bestimmte Auslassungen vornimmt; im Grunde genommen setzt sie sich im Wesentlichen aus Auslassungen in Verbindung mit einigen wohldosierten Übertreibungen zusammen.

No temáis a la felicidad: no existe.

Una mentira ideal consiste en la yuxtaposición de diferentes elementos de verdad entre los cuales se efectúan algunas elipsis; de hecho está compuesta esencialmente de omisiones, a veces con algunas exageraciones bien dosificadas

Bruno tenía razón, el amor paterno era una ficción, una mentira. Una mentira es útil cuando permite transformar la realidad, pensó; pero cuando la transformación fracasa sólo queda la mentira, la amargura y la conciencia de la mentira

Man sollte keinen Sinn in Dingen suchen, die keinen haben", womit er sich, ohne sich dessen wirklich bewusst zu sein, die Schlussfolgerung von Wittgensteins Tractatus zu eigen machte: "Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen.

Una mentira es útil cuando permite transformar la realidad, pensó; pero cuando la transformación fracasa sólo queda la mentira, la amargura y la conciencia de la mentira

If life is an illusion it's a pretty painful one.

Ni toi ni moi ne sommes sûrs qu'il y a un fin mot de l'histoire, mais ça vaut la peine de le chercher.

Dios no existe, pues la voluntad de poder, que lo es todo, que no es ni dios ni ningún otro nombre de dios, no deja lugar a ninguna otra cosa que no sea ella misma. Toqué el sipo matador que me tocó: estábamos hechos de la misma madera.

La dire, c'est souvent ne pas la vivre. La dire abondamment, c'est souvent la vivre petitement.

God will endure for as long as the reasons that brought him into being; And so will those who deny him.

Parfois on se fait instrumentaliser, comme moi je me fait instrumentaliser aussi, tout le monde se fait instrumentaliser. Evidemment, on dit regardez comme la presse est libre - elle invite des individus qui critiquent la presse donc ça veut bien dire qu'on est libre, mais je suis pas dupe du fait que non, je suis la caution qui permet à la presse de dire qu'elle est libre alors qu'elle ne l'est pas. LCI M.Onfray 10/05/17 11m40

L'image est douée d'une force mauvaise. Elle n'est pas la servante dévouée et fidèle que tu voudrais. Elle prend toutes les apparences d'une servante, oui, mais en vérité elle est sournoise, menteuse et impérieuse. Elle aspire de toute sa mauvaiseté à te reduire en esclavage.

Chi siamo davvero? E se la verità fosse altrove, diversa rispetto a quello che pensiamo? E se la parte autentica di ognuno di noi fosse nascosta proprio finché ci sforziamo di controllare tutto, perché ci sono tante cose da fare e non possiamo permetterci il lusso di essere, semplicemente essere, stanchi, depressi, svogliato, capricciosi, noiosi, persino sbagliati e dementi, ecco sì, questo: dementi?

If it be true that any beautiful thing raises the pure and just desire of man from earth to God, the eternal fount of all, such I believe my love.

The greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying.

We know that under the image revealed there is another which is truer to reality and under this image still another and yet again still another under this last one, right down to the true image of that reality, absolute, mysterious, which no one will ever see or perhaps right down to the decomposition of any image, of any reality.

I think people talk too much; that's the truth of the matter. I do. I don't believe in words. People use too many words and usually wrongly. I am sure that in the distant future people will talk much less and in a more essential way. If people talk a lot less, they will be happier. Don't ask me why.

Without defamation, there is no longer slander,

I want to feel what pressures other people feel. Experience the world guided by someone else's moral compass. See and hear and taste with senses formed in a completely different mold than mine. I want to see what it's like to live someone else's lie...Someone else's life.