Truth Quotes

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Whosoever wishes to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details. Knowledge is not intelligence. In searching for the truth be… — Heraclitus
It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of the most studious… — Samuel Johnson
Freedom of expression is the well-spring of our civilization... The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway… — Felix Frankfurter
They have exiled me now from their society and I am pleased, because humanity does not exile except the one whose noble spirit rebels against… — Khalil Gibran
Beware of those who would use violence, too often it is violence they want and neither truth nor freedom. — Louis L'Amour
The unexamined life, said Socrates, is unfit to be lived by man. This is the virtue of liberty, and the ground on which we may… — Walter Lippmann
Prayer is the spirit speaking truth to Truth. — Philip James Bailey
Science and religion, religion and science, put it as it may, they are the two sides of the same glass, through which we see darkly… — Pearl S. Buck
And this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost. He who accepts it has already begun to find himself,… — Soren Kierkegaard
A lie hides the truth. A story tries to find it. — Paula Fox
The best ammunition against lies is the truth, there is no ammunition against gossip. It is like a fog and the clear wind blows it… — Ernest Hemingway
Anecdote: In a controversial way, Comedian and actor Bill Cosby sought to teach his son the pain of being lied to. Convinced his son had… — Bill Cosby
There is such a thing as perfection...and our purpose for living is to find that perfection and show it forth....Each of us is in truth… — Richard Bach
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Look on this beautiful world, and read the truth in her fair page. — William C. Bryant
Mysticism is: a. An advanced state of inner enlightenment. b. Union with Reality. c. A state of genuinely satisfying success. d. Insight into an entirely… — Vernon Howard
You can't drop concepts. You can only shine a little flashlight on them as you do inquiry, an you see that what you thought was… — Byron Katie
You must have absolute faith in your own perceptions of truth. Never act in haste or hurry; be deliberated in everything; wait until you know… — Wallace D. Wattles
Love is trusting, accepting, and believing, without guarantee. Love is patient and waits, but it's an active waiting, not a passive one. For it is… — Leo Buscaglia
It seems mutants have something in their lives called gravy. They know truth, but it is buried under thickening and spices of convenience, materialism, insecurity,… — Marlo Morgan

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