Quotes About Truth

Uma teoria não pode ser aceita como verdadeira senão com a cláusula de satisfazer a razão e dar conta de todos os fatos que abrange; se um só fato lhe trouxer um desmentido, é que não contém a verdade absoluta.

O homem pode enganar -se, deixar -se iludir, sem que, por isso, seja louco.

Todas las religiones pretenden estar en la exclusiva posesión de la verdad; "preconizar la fe ciega sobre un punto de creencia, es confesar su impotencia en demostrar que se tiene razón".

porque no hay fe inalterable sino la que puede mirar frente a frente a la razón en todas las edades de la humanidad".

O Espiritismo, de acordo com o Evangelho, admitindo a salvação para todos, independente de qualquer crença, desde que a Lei de Deus seja observada, não diz: Fora do Espiritismo não há salvação; e, como não pretende ensinar ainda toda a verdade, também não diz: Fora da verdade não há salvação, máxima que dividiria em lugar de unir e perpetuaria os antagonismos.

Los que temerán el confesarse discípulos de la verdad, no son dignos de ser admitidos en el reino de la verdad". Perderán el beneficio de su fe, porque es una fe egoísta que guardan para ellos mismos, pero que la ocultan por miedo de que les ocasione perjuicio en este mundo, mientras que aquellos que colocando la verdad sobre sus intereses materiales la proclaman abiertamente, trabajan al mismo tiempo para su porvenir y para el de los otros.

É melhor repelir dez verdades do que admitir uma única falsidade, uma só teoria errônea.

Quando uma coisa é má, não há elogio que a torne boa.

Life is a storybook. Our stories depend on what happens and what doesn't; what we know and what we don't; what we forget and why. That's what makes telling the truth so tricky. Because the past never stays still: it keeps changing into the future.

Just one cigarette' is a myth you must get out of your mind.

Let the straight flower bespeak its purpose in straightness - to seek the light. Let the crooked flower bespeak its purpose in crookedness - to seek the light. Let the crookedness and straightness bespeak the light.

I really believe, or want to believe, really I am nuts, otherwise I'll never be sane.

Do not be content with an imaginary god.

Knowing the Word of God is one of our strongest protections against choosing the approval of people over the authority of God. We have to determine we're going to get to know our Bibles.

How deceived do you have to be to be blind and naked and not know it? This isn't a subtle thing.

If history were a photograph of the past it would be flat and uninspiring. Happily, it is a painting; and, like all works of art, it fails of the highest truth unless imagination and ideas are mixed with the paints.

For far too long we've allowed the other side to paint us as racist, as sexist, inhumane war mongers - well, today as a conservative black Republican and former solider, I'm here to set that record straight.

Well, first of all, we've got to get away from being offended by the truth. We've seen a 41 percent increase in food stamp recipients across the United States of America since President Obama was sworn in in January 2009. That has nothing to do with black, white, Hispanic or whatever. It's a fact, and we need to, you know, deal with that.

Nothing guarantees our freedom. Deny it often enough and one day it will be gone, and we'll not know how or when.

To know the good is a dangerous thing; to know it for sure is usually fatal for somebody.

The truth may be inconvenient, but it's better than anything else.

The truth may hurt, but lies can destroy.

Justice isn't always served in the courts. Sometimes it's served by those who seek it.

People believe what they want to believe. They see no evil because they don't want to. But evil is out there.