Quotes About Truth

In truth, some demons were once people who did bad things even though they knew better. In truth, people were demons when they didn't know any better. The girl had learned that it hardly mattered in the end

The truth of the scholar, alone in his study, does not always accord with what the world at large considers to be true.

Place this salt in water and bring it here tomorrow morning. The boy did. Where is that salt? his father asked? I do not see it. Sip here. How does it taste? Salty, father. And here? And there? I taste salt everywhere. It is everywhere, though we see it not. Just so, dear one, the Self is everywhere, within all things, although we see it not. There is nothing that does not come from it. It is the truth; it is the Self supreme. You are that, Shvetaketu. You Are That.

As by knowing one tool of iron, dear one, We come to know all things made out of iron - That they differ only in name and form, While the stuff of which all are made is iron - So through spiritual wisdom, dear one, We come to know that all of life is one.

When one goes on to find better, or higher, or truer, or more enduring, or more widely agreed upon forms of beauty, what happens to our regard for the less good, less high, less true, less universal instances? Simone Weil says, He who has gone farther, to the very beauty of the world itself, does not love them any less but much more deeply than before.

the truth is that almost anyone will be pulled into care taking behaviors when interacting with the NPD person.

Luchaba entre varias memorias y la memoria de lo sucedido era la única irreal para él. De

Professionals and the public were largely unaware of abuse, and no one knew exactly how to deal with the problem when it was identified. Denial is not a defense used only by abused children. Society at large has had a hard time believing that children are abused by parents and that they need protection. You are not alone behind a wall. Your parents, teachers, doctors, and others may have had the same desire to hide and avoid the truth.

A tormenting thought: as of a certain point, history was no longer real. Without noticing it, all mankind suddenly left reality; everything happening since then was supposedly not true; but we supposedly didn't notice. Our task would now be to find that point, and as long as we didn't have it, we would be forced to abide in our present destruction.

Any life is laughable if one knows it well enough. It is something serious and terrible if one knows it even better.

Un seul beau son est plus beau qu'un long parler.

The business friend did not recognize the sewerman, which was not surprising as the man's face was no more than a shining turd.

Some stories are true that never happened.

Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.

Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking, loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning.

Which is better, truth that is a lie or the lie that is truth?

When you listen to a witness, you become a witness.

Not to transmit an experience is to betray it.

Certain things, certain events, seem inexplicable only for a time: up to the moment when the veil is torn aside.

Since God is, He is to be found in the questions as well as the answers.

A disciple came to the celebrated Master of the Good Name with a question. "Rabbi, how are we to distinguish between a true master and a fake?" And the master of the good name said, "When you meet a person who poses as a master, ask him a question: whether he knows how to purify your thoughts. If he says that he knows, then he is a fake.

His breathing was labored. His eyes were closed. But I was convinced that he was seeing everything. That he was seeing the truth in all things.

There are a thousand and one gates leading into the orchard of mystical truth. Every human being has his own gate. We must never make the mistake of wanting to enter the orchard by any gate but our own. To do this is dangerous for the one who enters and also for those who are already there.

Night is purer than day; it is better for thinking and loving and dreaming. At night everything is more intense, more true. The echo of words that have been spoken during the day takes on a new and deeper meaning.