Quotes About Truth

populist fantasies. And the truth is that real change is historical, and if one is going to point to, say

Man's exile is ignorance; his home is knowledge," said the twelfth-century Bishop Honorius of Autun. And Saint Anselm of Canterbury: "I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe that I may understand.

Many remarkable advances in knowledge have resulted from our questioning the truth of propositions which we previously regarded as "self-evident." And a critical study of human beliefs reveals how much "interpretation" is present in what at first sight seems like "immediate knowledge.

He had fallen into the error of all liberals: the belief that men are prepared to reform themselves, that good will attracts good will, that truth has leavening virtue of its own.

If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth.

The truth ? the truth my dear Ashely is a luxury available only to those who are not involved in its consequences

What the Court will decide is another matter - a legality, based on the canonical rules of evidence, and irrelevant, it seems to me, to the fundamental facts, that the finger of God is here and tat the heaven of goodness in this man is still working in the lives of his people.

Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference.

Everything I say is actual, not factual

The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions - and maturely wise in our replies..

Imaginative literature primarily pleases rather than teaches. It is much easier to be pleased than taught, but much harder to know why one is pleased. Beauty is harder to analyze than truth.

As Winston Churchill whimsically observed, "Men occasionally stumble across the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.

I don't want to waste anyone's time or money. I want to give people some truth and positive heart lift.

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

Accept the truth from whatever source it comes.

Nach Wahrheit forschen, Schönes lieben, Gutes wollen, das Beste tun. Das ist die Bestimmung des Menschen.

good and bad!!..we always get mixed with the real truths and paths concerning this two with fanaticism and hypocrisy. till darkness envelopes and you awaken to the father to learn about the real truths. but I pray ye to desire to be with his flock or face condemnation....just do what thou wilt ,conscience and his laws being your compass!!

He who seeks truth shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty shall find vanity. He who seeks order shall find gratification. He who seeks gratification shall be disappointed. He who considers himself the servant of his fellow beings shall find the joy of self-expression. He who seeks self-expression shall fall into the pit of arrogance.

Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign. ...You must weep that your own government, at present, seems blind to this truth.

The old Roman sentence is always valid: "Mundus vult decipi." ("The world wants to be deceived").

Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it's so little known about it which surprised me.

Journalism is the most respected activity in the world. It is the profession everyone needs, and arguing against us is a risk