Quotes About Truth

If someone, says Epictetus, refuses to accept what is patently obvious, it is not easy to find arguments to use against him that could cause him to change his mind.

33] Consider at what price you sell your integrity; but please, for God's sake, don't sell it cheap.

Goodness exists independently of our conception of it. The good is out there and it always has been out there, even before we began to exist.

Just begin, believe me, and you will see the truth of what I've been saying.

You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.

Each time an obstacle arises, remind yourself of this truth. While it may hinder some part of you, it cannot constrain your true self.

If a man, said Epictetus, opposes evident truths, it is not easy to find arguments by which we shall make him change his opinion. But this does not arise either from the man's strength or the teacher's weakness; for when the man, though he has been confuted, is hardened like a stone, how shall we then be able to deal with him by argument?

What's odd in asserting that what's bad for anything is what runs contrary to its nature? You say it for everything else, why make humanity the sole exception?

So when someone assents to a false proposition, be sure that they did not want to give their assent, since, as Plato says, 'Every soul is deprived of the truth against its will.'47 [5] They simply mistook for true something false.

Furthermore the true Cynic must know that he is sent as a Messenger from God to men, to show unto them that as touching good and evil they are in error; looking for these where they are not to be found, nor ever bethinking themselves where they are.

Whenever someone helps or hinders you, or praises or criticizes you, remember that they see you only through the lens of their own impressions. If they act or speak from a warped perspective, they hurt themselves—not you. For if someone mistakes truth for falsehood, the truth is not harmed, but only the person deceived. Keeping this in mind, gently turn away any insult or injury. "It seems right to them, though they are mistaken.

Rufus43 used to say, 'If you have nothing better to do than praise me for it, then my speech was a failure.' He used to address us in such a way as to make everyone sitting there suppose that someone had informed on them – that's how well he intuited the truth, and how vividly he evoked for each one of us our private faults.

if you know you are in the right, why fear those who misjudge you?

Consider at what price you sell your integrity; but please, for God's sake, don't sell it cheap.

Do you realize that you are awake?' 'No, any more than when I dream and have the impression that I am awake.' 'And is the one impression in no way different from the other?' 'No.

It is a measure of the effort we are prepared to expend to guard against deception when accuracy is at a premium.

Fools follow after vanity. The wise man keeps earnestness as his best jewel.

Denial is the true enemy of freedom. Our denial is more important to us than our safety, happiness or national security. Eric Blair 2018

Look after goodness and truth, beauty will look after herself.

That if you look after goodness and truth beauty will take care of itself, is true in both worlds. The beauty that industrialism properly produces is the beauty of bones; the beauty that radiates from the work of men is the beauty of holiness. 4.

W obu Å›wiatach prawdÄ… jest, ?e jeÅ›li szukasz dobra i prawdy, piÄ™kno znajdzie siÄ™ samo. PiÄ™kno, które potrafi wytworzy? industrializm, to piÄ™kno szkieletu; piÄ™kno, które promieniuje z ludzkiej pracy, jest piÄ™knem Å›wiÄ™toÅ›ci.

W obu ?wiatach prawd? jest, ?e je?li szukasz dobra i prawdy, pi?kno znajdzie si? samo.

More history than ever is today being revised or invented by people who do not want the real past, but only a past that suits their purpose. Today is the great age of historical mythology. The defence of history by its professionals is today more urgent in politics than ever. We are needed.

The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.