Quotes About Truth

On the one hand, the objective reality of rivers, trees and lions; and on the other hand, the imagined reality of gods, nations and corporations.

Leave all your illusions behind. They are very heavy.

Deixe para trás suas ilusões. Elas são pesadas demais.

When you inflict suffering on yourself in the name of some story, it gives you a choice: "Either the story is true or I am a gullible fool." When you inflict suffering on others, you are also given a choice: "Either the story is true or I am a cruel villain." And just as we don't want to admit we are fools, we also don't want to admit we are villains. We prefer to believe that the story is true.

In 1620 Francis Bacon published a scientific manifesto titled The New Instrument. In it he argued that 'knowledge is power'. The real test of 'knowledge' is not whether it is true, but whether it empowers us. Scientists usually assume that no theory is 100 per cent correct. Consequently, truth is a poor test for knowledge. The real test is utility. A theory that enables us to do new things constitutes knowledge.

Bereitwillig glaubten die Menschen an Engel und Elfen, aber dass ein winziger Floh oder ein einziger Tropfen Wasser eine ganze Armada tödlicher Jäger enthielt, konnten sie sich nicht vorstellen.

Judicial systems are rooted in common legal myths.

Todos los relatos que nos dan sentido e identidad son ficticios,

A natural order is a stable order. There is no chance that gravity will cease to function tomorrow, even if people stop believing in it. In contrast, an imagined order is always in danger of collapse, because it depends upon myths, and myths vanish once people stop believing in them.

For the merchants, the entire world was a single market and all humans were potential customers. They tried to establish an economic order that would apply to all, everywhere. For the conquerors, the entire world was a single empire and all humans were potential subjects, and for the prophets, the entire world held a single truth and all humans were potential believers. They too tried to establish an order that would be applicable for everyone everywhere.

If this is so, then our entire understanding of the history of happiness might be misguided. Maybe it isn't so important whether people's expectations are fulfilled and whether they enjoy pleasant feelings. The main question is whether people know the truth about themselves.

Pero no queremos aceptar que nuestro Dios, nuestra nación o nuestros valores sean meras ficciones, porque estas cosas dan sentido a nuestra vida.

Así es como se desarrolla la historia. La gente teje una red de sentido, cree en ella con todo su corazón, pero más pronto o más tarde la red se desenmaraña, y cuando miramos atrás, no podemos entender cómo nadie pudo haberla tomado en serio.

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It's relatively easy to agree that only Homo sapiens can speak about things that don't really exist, and believe six impossible things before breakfast. You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven. But why is it important? After all, fiction can be dangerously misleading or distracting.

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Unlike lying, an imagined reality is something that everyone believes in, and as long as this communal belief persists, the imagined reality exerts force in the world.

History's Biggest Fraud

That is how it is with lies. If you can have enough people believe your lies, before you know it, even the one you have lied against will be confused. The lie will make itself at home and the truth will be knocking outside its own door.

The silence Is like moonlight In one thing: That it hides nothing.

Abra seu espírito, enxergue a vida como ela é, sinta sua verdade e vá em frente. Você pode. O mérito será todo

Esse é você. Ao agir de forma verdadeira, você estará se valorizando e logo notará que as coisas começarão a mudar e as pessoas, a tratá-lo melhor. Várias portas se abrirão em sua vida profissional e as relações familiares serão mais amistosas.

realidade é melhor do que a ilusão. Você precisa acreditar que é capaz, que dentro de você tem a sabedoria da inteligência divina a inspirá-lo e descubra que você é muito melhor do que pensa. Feliz ano-novo! A realidade que criamos e a verdade das coisas são muito diferentes. Precisamos ver as coisas como realmente são.

Who Honors those we love for the very life we live? Who sends monsters to kill us...and at the same time sings that we'll never die? Who teaches us what's real...and how to laugh at lies? Who decides why we live and what we'll die to defend? Who chains us...and who holds the key that can set us free? It's you. You have all the weapons you need. Now fight!