Quotes About Truth

This One True Philosophy is the modern form of the One True Church of the dark ages. The fundamentalist materialist is the modern Idolator; he has made an image of the world, and now he kneels and worships it.

None of the reality-models discussed in this chapter, however bizarre they may seem to some readers, are any more arbitrary than the official reality-model known as consensus-reality, which is a statistical average and not nearly consensual as it seems. Travel 100 miles in any direction, and the consensus begins to crumble. Travel 1000 miles and very little consensus is left . . .

He doesn't think it is any crazier than anybody else's reality-tunnel, and he claims it is a lot more fun than any other.

Afterlife is no less implausible than anything else,' I said. 'All explanations of existence are equally incredible.' 'So you might as well believe something that makes you feel good as not

Freedom of the press is a flaming sword," I said. "Use it wisely, hold it high, guard it well.

Freedom of the press is a flaming sword. Use it wisely, hold it high, guard it well.

Since when do you and I talk about the world," she said. "The world is what it is." "Yeah, I know." "Not only do you know, you've helped me to know." "Good to be useful," I said. "What has always made me respect you, even in the bad times, was your ability to look out at the world and see what's there. Not what you'd like to see, or even what you need to see, but simply what's there.

Robert B. Parker

You need to be able to hear the truth, he thought. You can't hear the truth, you got nowhere to start.

seem an honest man, sir," she said. " Ã¢â'¬ËœLet be be the end of seem,' Ã¢â'¬Â I said. She smiled faintly. " Ã¢â'¬ËœThe only emperor,' Ã¢â'¬Â she said, " Ã¢â'¬Ëœis the emperor of ice-cream.' Ã¢â'¬Â "Very good

Strange how everyone tried to disguise truth with nonsense. Like the slang for death: kicking the bucket, wiped out, snuffed, wasted, blown away. The light touch to dispel the heavy fear.

We're all not quite as sane as we pretend to be." Sam

Horror is the 'removal' of masks.

A week ago, Norman would never have dared. But this wasn't a week ago, it was now, and things were different. It was now, and he had to face the truth.

Just because it's printed somewhere, that's no reason you have to believe it any more than if you saw it." Harry blinked. "I never thought of that angle before.

It is the glory and good of Art That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth - to mouths like mine, at least.

My first thought was, he lied in every word, That hoary cripple, with malicious eye Askance to watch the working of his lie On mine, and mouth scarce able to afford Suppression of the glee, that pursed and scored Its edge, at one more victim gained thereby.

Truth is within ourselves…there is an inmost center in us all..where truth abides in fulness--and to know,rather consists in open out a way whence the imprisoned splendor may escape

What if all's appearance? Is not outside seeming real as substance inside? Both are facts, so leave me dreaming.

Read the text right and emancipate the world. – Robert Browning

There is to truer truth attainable to man than comes of music.

The world and life's too big to pass for a dream

Now begins The tenebrific passage of the tale: How hold a light, display the cavern's gorge? How, in this phase of the affair, show truth?

Some books are lies frae end to end, And some great lies were never penn'd...