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Truth Quotes by Soren Kierkegaard
- And this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost. He who accepts it has already begun to find himself,…
- The truth is a trap: you cannot get it without it getting you; you cannot get the truth by capturing it, only by its capturing…
- Compared with the person who is conscious of his despair, the despairing individual who is ignorant of his despair is simply a negativity further away…
- The truth must essentially be regarded as in conflict with this world; the world has never been so good, and will never become so good…
- Knowledge is an attitude, a passion, actually an illicit attitude. For the compulsion to know is like dipsomania, erotomania, and homicidal mania, in producing a…
- ...the reason for [this age's] anxiety and unrest is because in one direction, 'truth' increases in scope and quantity - via science and technology -…
- The truth is lived before it is understood. It must be fought for, tested, and appropriated. Truth is the way... Anyone will easily understand it…
- Truth is not something you can appropriate easily and quickly. You certainly cannot sleep or dream yourself to the truth. No, you must be tried,…
- When you say 'Yes' or promise something, you can very easily deceive yourself and others also, as if you had already done what you promised.…
- The crucial thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and…
- Christ was crucified because he would have nothing to do with the crowd (even though he addressed himself to all). He did not want to…
- Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.
- The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it,…
- There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
- The paradox in Christian truth is invariably due to the fact that it is the truth that exists for God. The standard of measure and…
- The most common form of despair is not being who you are.
- Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really…
- The thing is to understand myself: the thing is to find a truth which is true for me, to find the idea for which I…
- What I really need is to get clear about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge must precede every…
- Knowledge of the truth I may perhaps have attained to; happiness certainly not. What shall I do? Accomplish something in the world, men tell me.…
- A genius may perhaps be a century ahead of his age and hence stands there as a paradox, but in the end, the race will…
- Truth has always had many loud proclaimers, but the question is whether a person will in the deepest sense acknowledge the truth, allow it to…
- . . .the larger the crowd, the more probable that that which it praises is folly, and the more improbable that it is truth; and…
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
- Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. — Matthew Arnold
- Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. — Mary Kay Ash
- People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. — Isaac Asimov
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov