Quotes About Truth

When we see how much negative space there really is, we shrink down the positive space to a size that more accurately reflects reality and less reflects our naturally optimistic nature.

The outside view disciplines the distortions that live in the inside view. That's why it's important to start with the outside view and anchor there, considering things like what's true of the world in general or the way someone else would view your situation.

Skepticism is about approaching the world by asking why things might not be true rather than why they are true. It's a recognition that, while there is an objective truth, everything we believe about the world is not true. Thinking in bets embodies skepticism by encouraging us to examine what we do and don't know and what our level of confidence in our beliefs and predictions. This moves us closer to what is objectively true.

Good quotations, like good thoughts, are true wealth.

There is no such thing as a lesser truth.

La profusion des choses cachait la rareté des idées et l'usure des croyances.

El hecho de que la forma en la que yo viví la experiencia del aborto, la clandestinidad, forme parte del pasado no me parece un motivo válido para que se siga ocultando.

Aver vissuto una cosa, qualsiasi cosa, conferisce il diritto inalienabile di scriverla. Non ci sono verità inferiori.

il y a un chimpanzé sur l'autel, il se révèle ensuite être un ours.

Aujourd'hui, je sens réellement le temps reculer vers la réception de demain, c'est-à-dire m'emporter vers la vérité, que je lirai dans ses paroles et son comportement, sans que je puisse résister.

Ecrire pour faire advenir un peu de vérité. Mais que cette vérité ne soit pas advenue seulement pour une élite.

9 h 25. Je le savais, mais tant que les choses ne sont pas dites (ou écrites : en littérature, sans détours, ni allusions), elles n'existent pas.

All'inizio ho creduto che avrei scritto in fretta. In realtà passo molto tempo a interrogarmi sull'ordine delle cose da dire, la scelta e la disposizione delle parole, come se esistesse un ordine ideale, l'unico capace di restituire una verità su mia madre – ma non so in cosa consista –, e nel momento in cui scrivo non conta nient'altro per me che la scoperta di quell'ordine.

Questa maniera di scrivere, che mi pare andare nella direzione della verità, mi aiuta a uscire dalla solitudine e dall'oscurità del ricordo individuale tramite la scoperta di un significato più generale. Ma sento che qualcosa in me oppone resistenza, vorrei conservare di mia madre delle immagini puramente affettive, il calore o le lacrime, senza dar loro un senso.

Es posible que un relato como este provoque irritación o repulsión, o que sea tachado de mal gusto. El hecho de haber vivido algo, sea lo que sea, otorga el derecho imprescriptible de escribir sobre ello. No existe una verdad inferior. Y si no cuento esta experiencia hasta el final, contribuiré a oscurecer la realidad de las mujeres y me pondré del lado de la dominación masculina del mundo.)

Il se peut qu'un tel récit provoque de l'irritation, ou de la répulsion, soit taxé de mauvais goût. D'avoir vécu une chose, quelle qu'elle soit, donne le droit imprescriptible de l'écrire. Il n'y a pas de vérité inférieure. Et si je ne vais pas au bout de la relation de cette expérience, je contribue à obscurcir la réalité des femmes et je me range du côté de la domination masculine du monde.)

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth.

Pornography is like a mirror through which we can take a look at ourselves. And sometimes what we see doesn't look pretty, and it can make us feel very uncomfortable. But how beautiful to take that look, to see (truth), and to learn. The answer to bad porn is not no porn, but to make better porn!

The Atheist waits for proof of God. Till that proof comes he remains, as his name implies, without God. His mind is open to every new truth, after it has passed the warder Reason at the gate.

Memory plays tricks. Memory is another word for story, and nothing is more unreliable.

Lies like that are not a sin, they are a sacrifice.

Maya is a projection of consciousness, but not consciousness itself.

The best way to lie is to tell the truth . . . carefully edited truth.

If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.