Quotes About Truth

[E]very heresy is due to an overemphasis upon some truth, without allowing other truths to qualify and balance it.

Sufism is the essence of all religions.

Sufism is, in fact, not a mystical system, not a religion, but a body of knowledge.

The Word of GOD is Superior to the inferior words of men and the words of every false prophet and the teachings of every false religion.

The American religion-so far as there is one anymore-seems to be doubt. Whoever believes the least wins, because he'll never be found wrong.

Those who claim to be closest to God are furthest from Heaven.

What's true about you is what God says about you. Not what your mirror says. Not what your past says.

You can't burn down a made-up place.

Denial makes it easier to keep an addiction progressing smoothly along and, being a lie, it's just better form.

Were one to call your stupid ism good, well then, one would either be equally idiotic, or a fool, or no good.

I knew why earlier generations once believed that the sun circled the earth. Because, in our limited imaginations, that is how we lived our lives. -Mrs. Tuesday's Departure

Where logic reaches, religion leaves.

Though man needs to live to believe, he does not need to believe to live.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the greatest authority on matters of life is life itself.

To believe something in the face of evidence and against reason - to believe something by faith - is ignoble, irresponsible and ignorant, and merits the opposite of respect.

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

When was it that men agreed to respect the appearance and not the reality?

Live free, child of the mist,- and with respect to knowledge we are allchildren of the mist.

Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him.

One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.

It is for the wise people who delight in humanity, praise justice, despise their flatterers, and respect the truth.

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.

Since the dawn of history, mankind has honoured and respected brave and honest people.

Familiarity breeds contempt. How accurate that is. The reason we hold truth in such respect is because we have so little opportunity to get familiar with it.