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Quotes About Truth

How can any man tell all that he knows, Great Lord," the little man said smoothly. "It would be only prattle, until it becomes useful.
~ Robert Jordan
What is real is not real. What is not real is real. Flesh is a dream, and dreams have flesh.
~ Robert Jordan
Yes, Aviendha had heard stories of this place. Those stories had failed to convey the full truth. One could not describe this place. One had to experience it. (A Memory Of Light: Wheel of Time Book 14, Robert Jordan)
~ Robert Jordan
Non puoi sapere sempre tutto- disse Lan con calma- e parte di ciò che sai è sempre sbagliato. Forse perfino la parte più importante. Una porzione di saggezza sta nel rendersi conto di questo. Una porzione di coraggio sta nell'andare comunque avanti.
~ Robert Jordan
never be able to tell you what your friendship means to me, what you mean to me." Despite everything, that was simple truth. "The whole world seems to be changing every time I blink. You three are one of the few firm spots in it.
~ Robert Jordan
To die in the World of Dreams was to die in fact.
~ Robert Jordan
No se vive de lo que debería ser, sino de lo que es» —citó Elayne—
~ Robert Jordan
Power of the Shadow made human flesh, wakened to turmoil, strife and ruin. The Reborn One, marked and bleeding, dances the sword in dreams and mist, chains the Shadowsworn to his will, from the city, lost and forsaken, leads the spears to war once more, breaks the spears and makes them see, truth long hidden in the ancient dream.
~ Robert Jordan
A man, he'll cheat you—but he'll do it honestly.
~ Robert Jordan
that you should believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you see.
~ Robert Jordan
For that much power, I would praise the Great Lord of the Dark under the Dome of Truth.
~ Robert Jordan
Yet to achieve greatly, a man must believe something. Belief and knowledge pave the road to greatness. Knowledge is perhaps the most valuable of all. We all seek the coin of knowledge.
~ Robert Jordan
At my age, if I make it up, it's still an old saying.
~ Robert Jordan
I ran from you as hard as I could to shield my honor. And you followed me even here. The rings do not lie, and I can run no more. Her tone firmed decisively. I will run no more.
~ Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan
~ knowing—and
One might have thought that the years would also have taught her patience, but it had done the opposite. The older she grew, the less inclined she was to wait, for she knew she didn't have many years left. Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.
~ Robert Jordan
Aes Sedai believed a great many things to be true, and some of them actually were.
~ Robert Jordan
You must learn there is a time to speak all of the truth, and a time to govern your tongue. The least of the lessons you must learn, but important, if you mean to live long enough to wear the shawl of a full sister.
~ Robert Jordan
Some things just shouldn't be talked about, and I don't care if you will be letting that fool gleeman tell any kind of tale he wants. It isn't right or decent." "I never saw or heard or smelled anything that couldn't be talked about," Tam said
~ Robert Jordan
My people live with a grave misconception of the world, Bayle. In doing so, they create injustice.
~ Robert Jordan
You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. Perhaps even the most important part. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyways." —The Eye of the World
~ Robert Jordan
Heart of the Dark. Ba'alzamon. Name hidden within name shrouded by name. Secret buried within secret cloaked by secret. Betrayer of Hope. Ishamael betrays all hope. Truth burns and sears. Hope fails before truth. A lie is our shield. Who can stand against the Heart of the Dark? Who can face the Betrayer of Hope? Soul of shadow, Soul of the Shadow, he is—' " She stopped with a sigh. "It ends there. What do you make of it?
~ Robert Jordan
Karp was an innocent and he believed in justice. That made him one of the most dangerous men in the building.
~ Robert K. Tanenbaum
They must be true because, if they were not true, no one would have the imagination to invent them.
~ Robert Kanigel