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Truth Quotes by Thomas Merton
- If there is no silence beyond and within the many words of doctrine, there is no religion, only a religious ideology. For religion goes beyond…
- At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by illusion, a point of pure truth, a point or spark…
- As a magnifying glass concentrates the rays of the sun into a little burning knot of heat that can set fire to a dry leaf…
- The devil is no fool. He can get people feeling about heaven the way they ought to feel about hell. He can make them fear…
- To those who have no personal experience of this revolutionary aspect of Christian truth, but who see only the outer crust of dead, human conservatism…
- To be truly Catholic is not merely to be correct according to an abstractly universal standard of truth, but also and above all to be…
- Consequently, the truth of God lives in our souls more by the power of superior moral courage than by the light of an eminent intelligence.…
- Our technological society has no longer any place in it for wisdom that seeks truth for its own sake, that seeks the fullness of being,…
- We must be true inside, true to ourselves, before we can know a truth that is outside us. But we make ourselves true inside by…
- The truth that many people never understand until it is too late is that the more you try to avoid suffering, the more you suffer.
- The whole purpose of spiritual direction is to penetrate beneath the surface of a man's life, to get behind the façade of conventional gestures and…
- The artist should preach nothing-not even his own autonomy. His art should speak its own truth, and in so doing it will be in harmony…
- It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, now I realize what we all are . If only they [people]…
- Things that are good are good, and if one is responding to that goodness one is in contact with a truth from which one is…
- Creation was given to people as a clean window through which the light of God could shine into people's souls. Sun and moon, night and…
- It's a risky thing to pray and the danger is that our very prayers get between God and us. The great thing in prayer is…
- Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and…
- The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first…
- The light of truth burns without a flicker in the depths of a house that is shaken with storms of passion and fear.
- Do not depend on the hope of results. You may have to face the fact that your work will be apparently worthless and even achieve…
- We have the choice of two identities: the external mask which seems to be real...and the hidden, inner person who seems to us to be…
- Our knowledge of God is perfected by gratiitude: we are thankful and rejoice in the experience of the truth that He is love...
- The truth that many people never understand, until it is too late, is that the more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer…
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