Truth Quotes

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Often life is a frantic avoidance of the truth. — Adyashanti
Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to the… — Gautama Buddha
Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth. — Gautama Buddha
Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth. — Gautama Buddha
See the truth, and you will see me. — Gautama Buddha
Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no… — Gautama Buddha
A man who is truly humble is not troubled when he is wronged and he says nothing to justify himself against the injustice, but he… — Isaac of Nineveh
Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master your words. Let them serve truth. — Gautama Buddha
Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living. — Gautama Buddha
Conquer anger by love, evil by good; Conquer the miser with liberality, and the liar with truth. — Gautama Buddha
The gift of the Truth beats all other gifts. The flavour of the Truth beats all other tastes. The joy of the Truth beats all… — Gautama Buddha
The gift of truth excels all other gifts. — Gautama Buddha
Don't keep searching for the truth, just let go of your opinions. — Gautama Buddha
Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be ye a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp; hold fast as a refuge… — Gautama Buddha
Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered… — Gautama Buddha
After much seeking for truth and knowledge the profoundness of reality came to me with a clarity never before known. — Gautama Buddha
It came to me that I should teach this truth for it is real happiness and joy. The cessation of suffering is possible. — Gautama Buddha
Therefore, do not eat meat which will cause terror among people, because it hinders the truth of emancipation; not to eat meat? this is the… — Gautama Buddha
Too many people go through life waiting for things to happen instead of making them happen! — Sasha Azevedo
Even if a fool lived with a wise man all his life, he would still not recognise the truth, like a wooden spoon cannot recognise… — Gautama Buddha
Few are those among men who have crossed over to the other shore, while the rest of mankind runs along the bank. However those who… — Gautama Buddha
Truth is its own reward. — Plato
They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. — Plato
In the world of knowledge, the essential Form of Good is the limit of our inquiries, and can barely be perceived; but, when perceived, we… — Plato
No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth. — Plato

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