Truth Quotes

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My existence from day to day has become a matter of averting my eyes, of cringing. Death is the only truth left. Death is what… — J M Coetzee
The day you chose to leave me it rained constantly in truth I swore the rain to be the tears of cuspids eyes. — Tupac Shakur
The good I stand on is my truth and honesty. — William Shakespeare
One universe made up all that is; and one God in it all, and one principle of being, and one law, the reason shared by… — Marcus Aurelius
We live at a time when emotions and feelings count more than truth, and there is a vast ignorance of science — James Lovelock
The scarcest resource is not oil, metals, clean air, capital, labour, or technology. It is our willingness to listen to each other and learn from… — Donella Meadows
I once had the nerve to ask Picasso the question, 'What is art?' He answered, 'Art is a lie which makes us see the truth. — James Dickey
We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods. — Seneca the Younger
When you choose to see the good in others, you end up finding the good in yourself. — John Spence
Happiness is not determined by what's happening around you, but rather what's happening inside you. Most people depend on others to gain happiness, but the… — John Spence
If you tell the truth, it becomes a part of your past. If you lie, it becomes a part of your future. — John Spence
True, there are architects so called in this country, and I have heard of one at least possessed with the idea of making architectural ornaments… — Henry David Thoreau
In the society of men the truth resides now less in what things are than in what they are not. Our social realities are so… — R. D. Laing
A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth. — Edward Albee
Error is certainty's constant companion. Error is the corollary of evidence. And anything said about truth may equally well be said about error: the delusion… — Louis Aragon
Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed. — Diogenes
Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down." — Diogenes
A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All necessary truth is its own evidence. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Political truth is libel; religious truth, blasphemy. — William Hazlitt
I fear chiefly lest my expression may not be extravagant enough, may not wander far enough beyond the narrow limit of my daily experience, so… — Henry David Thoreau
Let us not underrate the value of a fact; it will one day flower into a truth. — Henry David Thoreau
I only desire sincere relations with the worthiest of my acquaintance, that they may give me an opportunity once in a year to speak the… — Henry David Thoreau
I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went… — Henry David Thoreau
Everybody is looking with his own world of desires, expectations, passions, lust, greed, anger. There are a thousand and one things standing between you and… — Rajneesh

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