Quotes about truth
truth self would-be
If the truth were self-evident, eloquence would be unnecessary. Marcus Tullius Cicero
truth falsehood
It is a true saying that 'one falsehood easily leads to another.'
truth fire sparks
This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.
truth philosophical imitation
In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
truth passion action
The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.
truth philosophical thinking
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
truth giving honest
The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give. Kenny Loggins
truth nice reality
Hegel understood the Heisenbergian reality of knowing: yes, it would be nice if we could somehow delicately capture the truth and bring it closer to ourselves without altering it, "like a bird caught with a limestick." But the reality is, every truth we manage to know is altered, deformed by our very "encheiresis naturae," by the act of our taking-in-hand of nature (to borrow the alchemists' phrase from Goethe's Faust). Kenny Smith
truth philosophy perception
Philosophy exists in profoundest opposition to rhetoric, which is speaking for the sake of producing or controlling some effect in others' perceptions. Philosophy is about the caustic or cauterizing effect of the truth, not the currying of sensibilities.
truth past telling-the-truth
Maybe if we tell the truth about the past, we can tell the truth about the present. Ken Loach
truth long may
Utter truth is essential...and to get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours. Margaret Bourke-White
truth use truth-is
Truth is such a precious article - let us all economize in its use. Mark Twain
truth alive truth-is
Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time....
truth truth-is overrated
The truth is overrated. Paul Westerberg
truth believe issues
Without the ability of issue groups to tell the truth, who knows what the public will believe. Paul Weyrich
truth numbers favour
Indeed, truth draws strength from itself and not from the number of votes in its favour. Pope Benedict XVI
truth wings two
Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which is soars to the truth. Pope John Paul II
truth culture confined
Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.
truth tongue anvils
Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth. Pindar
truth long doe
Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right? Pierre Corneille
truth believe thinking
We live in an age rather skeptical of truth, of its existence." There is a "tendency to believe that nothing is definitive, and think that the truth is given by consent or by what we want. The question arises: does "the" truth really exist? What is "the" truth? Can we know it? Can we find it? Pope Francis
truth giving advice
I cannot give any scientist of any age better advice than this: the intensity of a conviction that a hypothesis is true has no bearing over whether it is true or not. Peter Medawar
truth catholic facts
The dangers is that every religion, including the Catholic one, says "I have the ultimate truth." Then you start to rely on the priest, the mullah, the rabbi, or whoever, to be responsible for your acts. In fact, you are the only one who is responsible. Paulo Coelho
truth communication diplomatic-relations
Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. Quentin Crisp
truth should-have voice
A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here. Quentin Tarantino
truth fighting battle
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. by Saint Philo of Alexandria Philo
truth men pebbles
The smallest pebble in the well of truth has its peculiar meaning, and will stand when man's best monuments have passed away. Nathaniel Parker Willis
truth facts dissonance
We are anxious when there is a dissonance between our "knowledge" and the perceivable facts. Since our "knowledge" is not to be doubted or questioned, it is the facts that have to be altered... Nathaniel Branden
truth laughing flashlights
An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.
truth guilty found
To have the truth in your possession you can be found guilty, sentenced to death. Peter Tosh
truth betrayal defense
We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal. Tennessee Williams
truth lying character
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. Ralph Waldo Emerson
truth truth-is injured
Wherever the truth is injured, defend it.