That which works is authentic. It's a practical truth. What really matters is that we find benefit, regardless of whether it's an… — David F. Swensen Copy Share Image
It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. One… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Thus the good christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make false prophecies, however much they may in fact speak… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“We humans may be brilliant and we may be special, but we are still connected to the rest of life. No one… — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but it's true; it goes beyond the garland of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
“one day went upon the platform and was ready to deliver a sermon when he heard a swallow singing. "Listen," said he,… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
Truth walks toward us on the paths of our questions. As soon as you think you have the answer, you have closed… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
I recognise that my music is probably for your 1 A.M. alone time - and I'm ok with that because, the truth… — JP Saxe Copy Share Image
“A disciple: I am worried about human suffering all over the world. What is the solution?Spiritual leader: The solution to our miseries… — Santosh Kalwar Copy Share Image
She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes… — Christina Rossetti Copy Share Image
Changing people's preconceptions is something you have to do in order to search for truth. Of course normally, that's not done because… — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
“Truth, says instrumentalism, is what works out, that which does what you expect it to do. The judgment is true when you… — Holly Estil Cunningham Copy Share Image
With the truth, you need to get rid of it as soon as possible and pass it on to someone else. As… — Jean Baudrillard Copy Share Image
“Thinking more deeply into things usually left alone helps us to find bubbles of truth and clarity. When we realize we have… — Kayla Severson Copy Share Image
The whole strenuous intellectual work of an industrious research worker would appear, after all, in vain and hopeless, if he were not… — Max Planck Copy Share Image
“She should feel sick. Horrified, stunned. But the horrible truth was, she felt fine. He killed. He killed to protect her. And… — Anne Stuart Copy Share Image
When you lie, did you ever think of telling the truth? When you say the truth, you do ever believe that it… — Myself Copy Share Image
“While you're governing the colony and I'm writing political philosophy, They'll never guess that in the darkness of night we sneak into… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I suppose I could claim that I had suspected that the world was a cheap and shoddy sham, a bad cover for… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“Perhaps she had not succeeded in 'inspiring' any wonderful ambitions in her pupils, but she had taught them, more by her own… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
Oh, there were all sorts of things to wonder about, but the truth was simple: here stood this door alone on an… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Lies are a tremendous karmic setback. Keep it up and you'll come back in the next life as something without a spine.… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
As a general rule, those truths which we highly relish, and which shed a degree of practical light upon the things which… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
“God is the universe. We are all now living inside the body of God. There is nowhere to go to get there,… — Monica Sjöö Copy Share Image
If the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain as we are. We can choose rest over… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
“What you say, Nick, strengthens my contention that only a novel can imply certain truths impossible to state by exact definition. Biography… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
Each sex has a relation to madness. Every desire has a relation to madness. But it would seem that one desire has… — Luce Irigaray Copy Share Image
“But it's not enough. I don't look human. If I went outside, people would scream at the sight of me. Looks matter… — Alex Flinn Copy Share Image
“How do I know you're not crazy?" she asks. "How do I know you're not the craziest dude I've ever met?" "You'll… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“You know the best example of sincerity? The absolute gold standard? Who? Angus pointed to the door, outside which Cyril was waiting… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Here's the truth: People, even regular people, are never just any one person with one set of attributes. It's not that simple.… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
Harvey sought for truth in Truth's own book- Creation - which by God himself was writ;And wisely thought 'twas fitNot to read… — William Harvey Copy Share Image
Because we have for millenia made moral, aesthetic, religious demands on the world, looked upon it with blind desire, passion or fear,… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
At its best, flattery is truth well dressed, and it is best dressed with fine see-through fabrics. Honest flattery can caress a… — Willis Regier Copy Share Image
If I'm talking about girls and stuff, it's usually the truth. So now, you know, if you hear my songs, you are… — Lil Uzi Vert Copy Share Image
“If there is any kernel of truth in the religions we so deplore,and they are just a carnival of errors,the truth is… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
I don't think that faith, whatever you're being faithful about, really can be scientifically explained. And I don't want to explain this… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I have never entered into any controversy in defense of my philosophical opinions; I leave them to take their chance in the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“When we no longer have the courage to live by the truth ourselves, when we no longer really hunger for it, then… — Charles J. Chaput Copy Share Image