Quotes About Truth

There is a Heaven within the souls of the saints-that is a certain truth; no soul shall ever come to Heaven, but the soul which has Heaven come to it first. When you die, you hope you will go to Heaven; but if you will go to Heaven when you die, Heaven will come to you before you die. Now this is a great mystery, to have the Kingdom of Heaven in the soul; no man can know this but that soul which has it.

And the truth is, I know nothing more effective for quieting a Christian soul and getting contentment than this, setting your heart to work in the duties of the immediate circumstances that you are now in, and taking heed of your thoughts about other conditions as a mere temptation.

Now is the time to take a stand and speak truth. Love confronts and love speaks the truth. Do not be afraid.

The true foundation of everything truly "prophetic" is the Character and Nature of God.

We must not let go manifest truths because we cannot answer all questions about them.

Do we throw off the false 'cloak' at a party, or do we merely put on an untruthful yellow dress?

This is perhaps one of the most important things I learned during this investigation: We see what we believe, and not just the contrary; and to change what we see, it is sometimes necessary to change what we believe.

We see what we believe, and not just the contrary; and to change what we see, it is sometimes necessary to change what we believe.

You must understand the immense power of self-serving delusion." I

Choosing to narrow reality into a single belief system, based solely on human experience, seems insane to me. And

Phillip K. Dick, one of the few classic science fiction writers I've read, explained reality as, 'that which, if you stop believing in it, does not go away.

the ability for the same reality to vary drastically between different people was probably the root cause for some of history's greatest wars. If everyone on Earth experienced reality in the same way, there would be very little to disagree about. But

The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.

He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason.

Too often, we fall into the trap of preach­ing the gospel to adults and the law to chil­dren: "God wants you to be good boys and girls." It is not that there is no truth in that state­ment, but with­out the right con­text and qual­i­fi­ca­tions it is a recipe for hope­less­ness.

The truth isn't always beautiful, and it's almost never kind. The truth just is.

The only reality you can control is the one you're willing to face.

Everything looked and sounded unreal. Nothing was what it is. That's what I wanted—to be alone with myself in another world where truth is untrue and life can hide from itself. —From Long Day's Journey into Night, by Eugene O'Neill

holy men only know what God reveals to them.

The belief which has not been accorded to conviction may come to be extorted by very shame.

The whole truth is not taught in a single passage: we must always bear in mind the exact point of an illustration.

The words of Plato in the third book of the Republic are as follows: " Truth, said Socrates, is to be specially cultivated.

True hope has no room for delusion.

Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous -- almost of pedantic -- veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.