Truth Lies Quotes
32 quotes by 29 authors
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According to Democritus, truth lies at the bottom of a well, the water of which serves as a mirror in which objects may be reflected.…
— Charles Francis Richter
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The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.
— Robertson Davies
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The fascination of any search after truth lies not in the attainment, which at best is found to be very relative, but in the pursuit,…
— Florence Bascom
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Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down."
— Diogenes
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If you filter my words through any tradition or '-ism', you will miss altogether what I am saying. The liberating truth is not static; it…
— Adyashanti
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The gnosis of God is intermediate between immoderation, which is ascribing human characteristics to God, and negligence, which is denying any attributes to God. .…
— Ibn Ata Allah
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And diff'ring judgments serve but to declare that truth lies somewhere, if we knew but where.
— William Cowper
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Man's inhumanity to man is not the last word. The truth lies deeper. It is economic slavery, the savage struggle for a crumb, that has…
— Alexander Berkman
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Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.
— James Agee
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters,…
— Imre Lakatos
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Wherever you see persecution, there is more than a probability that truth lies on the persecuted side.
— Hugh Latimer
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The way to truth lies through ahimsa (nonviolence).
— Mahatma Gandhi
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Toxic thoughts leave no room for truth to flourish. And in the absence of truth, lies reign. Spend some time soaking in your favorite verses…
— Lysa TerKeurst
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If I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together.
— Sam Kinison
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Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth…
— Blaise Pascal
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The future will be green, or not at all. This truth lies at the heart of humankind's most pressing challenge: to learn to live in…
— Jonathon Porritt
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Truth without love kills, but love without truth lies.
— Eberhard Arnold
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I am not only convinced that what I say is false, but also that what one might say against it is false. Despite this, one…
— Robert Musil
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Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies…
— Umberto Eco
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We must never be afraid to go too far, for truth lies beyond.
— Marcel Proust
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