--- title: "10 Meaning Truth Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Meaning Truth quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Meaning Truth sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/thucydides-2578_confuse_don-t-confuse-meaning-with-truth-2560506_2560506.png" --- > [Don't confuse meaning with truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thucydides/don-t-confuse-meaning-with-truth/) [Thucydides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thucydides/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/thucydides-2578_confuse_don-t-confuse-meaning-with-truth-2560506_2560506.png) > [What meaning have you found? What truth do you claim? For what purpose are you living? Life itself raises these questions. How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-james/what-meaning-have-you-found-what-truth-do-you-claim-for-what-purpose/) [Ron James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1e/ron-james-78786_asking_what-meaning-have-you-found-what-truth-d_1754898.png) > [When social forces press for the rejection of age-old Truth, then those who reject it will seek meaning in their own truth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/when-social-forces-press-for-the-rejection-of-age-old-truth-then/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d1/dean-koontz-118_age_when-social-forces-press-for-the-rejecti_225580.jpg) > [To turn away from the great questions and dilemmas of life is a tragedy, for the quest for meaning and truth makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-colson/to-turn-away-from-the-great-questions-and-dilemmas-of-life-is-a/) [Charles Colson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-colson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/charles-colson-7127_adventure_to-turn-away-from-the-great-questions-an_2544554.jpg) > [True ideas are those that we can assimilate, validate, corroborate, and verify. False ideas are those that we cannot. That is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-james/true-ideas-are-those-that-we-can-assimilate-validate-corroborate-and/) [William James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/william-james-228_differences_true-ideas-are-those-that-we-can-assimil_1783244.jpg) > [As all Nature's thousands changes But one changeless God proclaim; So in Art's wide kingdom ranges One sole meaning still the same:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/as-all-nature-s-thousands-changes-but-one-changeless-god-proclaim-so/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b9/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_art_as-all-nature-s-thousands-changes-but-on_1252962.jpg) > [But if Shakespeare himself is maybe about meaning and truth, I don't know, then he is certainly about pleasure and interest, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-greenblatt/but-if-shakespeare-himself-is-maybe-about-meaning-and-truth-i-don-t/) [Stephen Greenblatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-greenblatt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/060/stephen-greenblatt-10786_interest_but-if-shakespeare-himself-is-maybe-abou_1788136.jpg) > [A Christian boy or girl can learn mathematics, for example, from a teacher who is not a Christian; and truth is truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gresham-machen/a-christian-boy-or-girl-can-learn-mathematics-for-example-from-a/) [John Gresham Machen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gresham-machen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/john-gresham-machen-19008_boys_a-christian-boy-or-girl-can-learn-mathem_3191097.jpg) > [“cannot deal with people who lie. Like, lose my shit cannot deal with. My inability to tell a lie myself, even the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/l-j-swallow/cannot-deal-with-people-who-lie-like-lose-my-shit-cannot-deal-with-my/) [L.J. Swallow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/l-j-swallow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/l-j-swallow-51724_honest_cannot-deal-with-people-who-lie-like-los_2980252.jpg) > [“Truth is not a thing Or a concept. It is as multidimensional In its meaning As it is in its reflection. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzy-kassem/truth-is-not-a-thing-or-a-concept-it-is-as-multidimensional-in-its/) [Suzy Kassem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzy-kassem/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b6/suzy-kassem-596_black-and-white_truth-is-not-a-thing-or-a-concept-it-is_1750217.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/meaning-truth/#itemlist", "name": "Meaning Truth Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't confuse meaning with truth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thucydides" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thucydides/don-t-confuse-meaning-with-truth/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/thucydides-2578_confuse_don-t-confuse-meaning-with-truth-2560506_2560506.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/thucydides-2578_confuse_don-t-confuse-meaning-with-truth-2560506_2560506.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dab/thucydides-2578_confuse_don-t-confuse-meaning-with-truth-2560506_2560506.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Don't confuse meaning with truth.” — Thucydides", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What meaning have you found? 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But while truth is truth however learned, the bearing of truth, the meaning of truth, the purpose of truth, even in the sphere of mathematics, seem entirely different to the Christian from that which they seem to the non-Christian; and that is why a truly Christian education is possible only when Christian conviction underlies not a part but all, of the curriculum of the school.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Gresham Machen" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gresham-machen/a-christian-boy-or-girl-can-learn-mathematics-for-example-from-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/john-gresham-machen-19008_boys_a-christian-boy-or-girl-can-learn-mathem_3191097.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/john-gresham-machen-19008_boys_a-christian-boy-or-girl-can-learn-mathem_3191097.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf9/john-gresham-machen-19008_boys_a-christian-boy-or-girl-can-learn-mathem_3191097.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A Christian boy or girl can learn mathematics, for example, from a teacher who is not a Christian; and truth…” — John Gresham Machen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“cannot deal with people who lie. Like, lose my shit cannot deal with. My inability to tell a lie myself, even the tiny white variety, kills me too. Why couldn't my parents choose a different virtue to name me after? Hope, Faith, Grace? I'd take anything but the name meaning truth, because I'm sure this cursed me to lose friends due to my blunt truthful nature. Took me years to realise when girls say \"be honest\" that this is code for \"don’t tell somebody their ass does in fact look big in that.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "L.J. 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It is as multidimensional In its meaning As it is in its reflection. It is both invisible And visible. It carries tons of weight, But can be carried. It is understood first through the spirit Before science, And felt in the heart, Before the mind. Truth is not always heard by reason, Because reason sometimes Ignores Truth. Always listen to your conscience. Your conscience is your heart And reason is your mind. Your mind is simply there to reason With your heart. But remember, Truth is in your heart, And only through your heart Can you connect to the light of God. He who is not motivated by his heart Will not see Truth, And he who thinks only with his mind Will be blind to Truth. He who does not think With his conscience, Does not stand by God, For the language of light Can only be decoded by the heart. He who reads and recites words of God Also does not stand by God – If he merely understands Words with his mind But not his heart. Truth is black and white, And the entire spectrum Of colors in-between. It can have many parts, But has a solid foundation. Truth lacks perfection, For it is the reflection of all, Yet its reflection as a whole, Is more beautiful Than the accumulated flaws Of the small. Truth is the only brand Worth breathing And believing. So stand for truth In everything you do, And only then Does your life have Meaning. 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