Quotes About Truth

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

No one is more of a slave than he who thinks himself free without being so.

The most foolish of all errors is for clever young men to believe that they forfeit their originality in recognising a truth which has already been recognised by others.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

We are so constituted that we believe the most incredible things; and, once they are engraved upon the memory, woe to him who would endeavour to efface them.

So give me back that time again, When I was still 'becoming', [185] When words gushed like a fountain In new, and endless flowing, Then for me mists veiled the world, In every bud the wonder glowed, A thousand flowers I unfurled, [190] That every valley, richly, showed. I had nothing, yet enough: Joy in illusion, thirst for truth. Give every passion, free to move, The deepest bliss, filled with pain, [195] The force of hate, the power of love, Oh, give me back my youth again!

To speak the truth, as truth to me appeared, Caused noisy protests, I was hooted down. Such unpleasant incidents occurred That I ran off so as to be alone, Into the wilds. Utterly forsaken, I took at last the Devil for companion.

It's irrelevant whether what one says is true or false: both will be contradicted.

Investigate what is, and not what pleases.

Bu durumda olan yaln?zca ben de?ilim. Bütün insanlar umutlar?nda kand?r?l?yor, beklentilerinde aldat?l?yorlar.

Love of truth shows itself in this, that a man knows how to find and value the good in everything.

The recounting of a life is a cheat...even our own stories are obscenely distorted.

To turn away from the great questions and dilemmas of life is a tragedy, for the quest for meaning and truth makes life worth living.

In the midst of death life persists, in the midst of untruth, truth persists, in the midst of darkness light persists.

Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly.

This is the great Secret of life.

One's only real life is the life one never leads.

Stripping away artifice - it's the constant standard I aim for in acting, to approximate life. People talk about being bigger than life - but there's nothing bigger than life.

Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

The Holy Scriptures are that divine instrument by which we are taught what to believe, concerning God, ourselves, and all things, and how to please God unto eternal life.

The Bible has the answers to our everyday life. Many times people don't realize how practical it is.

Empathy is not merely the basic principle of artistic creation. It is also the only path by which one can reach the truth about life and society.

We act unbelievingly and disobediently when, for whatever motive, we distort, falsify, or suppress the facts about our life in nature and history.

Madness is the first step towards unselfishness. Be mad and tell us what is behind the veil of "sanity". The purpose of life is to bring us closer to those secrets, and madness is the only means.