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Truth Quotes by Francis Schaeffer
- Truth demands confrontation. It must be loving confrontation, but there must be confrontation nonetheless.
- Christianity is realistic because it says that if there is no truth, there is also no hope; and there can be no truth if there…
- Truth always carries with it confrontation. Truth demands confrontation; loving confrontation nevertheless. If our reflex action is always accommodation regardless of the centrality of the…
- We must stress that the basis for our faith is neither experience nor emotion but the truth as God has given it in verbalized, prepositional…
- Isolating the student from large sections of human knowledge is not the basis of a Christian education. Rather it is giving him or her the…
- To fail to exhibit that we take truth seriously at those points where there is a cost in our doing so, is to push the…
- In face of this modern nihilism, Christians are often lacking in courage. We tend to give the impression that we will hold on to the…
- ‎People have presuppositions... By 'presuppositions' we mean the basic way that an individual looks at life- his worldview. The grid through which he sees the…
- Truth carries with it confrontation. Truth demands confrontation; loving confrontation, but confrontation nevertheless.
- Ignorance is in relationship to content; it is not just a spirit of ignorance. In verse 21 it speaks of "the truth in Jesus." Truth…
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- The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar… — Hannah Arendt
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle