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Truth Quotes by Khalil Gibran
- In battling evil, excess is good; for he who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth. He conceals the other half out of…
- 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…
- Truth is like the stars; it does not appear except from behind obscurity of the night. Truth is like all beautiful things in the world;…
- A truth is to be known always, to be uttered sometimes.
- If aught I have said is truth, that truth shall reveal itself in a clearer voice, and in words more kin to your thoughts.
- A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we…
- Life is weaker than Death and Death is weaker than Truth.
- God made Truth with many doors to welcome every believer who knocks on them.
- If your knowledge teaches you not the value of things, and frees you not from the bondage to matter, you shall never come near the…
- Many are the places of worship, but few indeed are those who worship in Spirit and in truth.
- He who does not prefer exile to slavery is not free by any measure of freedom, truth and duty.
- God has made many doors opening into truth which He opens to all who knock upon them with hands of faith.
- He who does not seek advice is a fool. His folly blinds him to Truth and makes him evil, stubborn, and a danger to his…
- Persecution cannot harm him who stands by Truth. Did not Socrates fall proudly a victim in body? Was not Paul stoned for the sake of…
- Virtue tested: "Have I not survived hunger and thirst, suffering, and mockery for the sake of the truth which heaven has awakened in my heart?
- In truth we gaze but do not see, and hearken but do not hear; we eat and drink but do not taste. And there lies…
- Of life's two chief prizes, beauty and truth, I found the first in a loving heart and the second in a laborer's hand.
- Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.
- Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
- Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.
More Truth Quotes
- 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