Truths Quotes
1110 quotes by 804 authors
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If I were going to begin practicing the presence of God for the first time today, it would help to begin by admitting the three…
— Anne Lamott
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Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to…
— Frank Herbert
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It is one of the peculiar truths of life that people often say things that they know full well are ridiculous.
— Daniel Handler
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Diamonds are found only in the dark places of the earth, truths are found only in the depths of thought.
— Victor Hugo
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The ideas of Freud were popularized by people who only imperfectly understood them, who were incapable of the great effort required to grasp them in…
— Alfred North Whitehead
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You said their prayer - is this the religion you believe in, then?" "I believe in them all." Vin frowned. "None of them contradict each…
— Brandon Sanderson
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But truths need to be repeated many times so that they don't, poor things, lapse into oblivion.
— Jose Saramago
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Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. Before you tell your…
— Parker J. Palmer
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Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear. Just as vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people. And…
— Oscar Wilde
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When it comes to controlling human beings there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, humans live by beliefs. And beliefs can be…
— Michael Ende
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The truths of the Judaic-Christian tradition, are infinitely precious, not only, as I believe, because they are true, but also because they provide the moral…
— Margaret Thatcher
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As in all sweetest music, a tinge of sadness was in every note. Nor do we know how much of the pleasures even of life…
— George MacDonald
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Take one, and you cannot take the other," she said. "But neither path is safe. Which way would you walk — the way of hard…
— Neil Gaiman
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He's not a liar at all. Not about important things. He'll tell you horrible truths, but he won't lie." She paused before she added quietly:…
— Cassandra Clare
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There is always room for at least two truths.
— Colum McCann
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There are no safe rooms, no safe truths, no safe secrets to tell.
— Veronica Roth
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You must never believe everything they say about a person. Generally speaking, most of it will be lies, half-truths at best.
— Kate Atkinson
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The truths we conceal don't disappear Raheen, they appear in different forms
— Kamila Shamsie
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To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals - that is what keeps a man patient…
— Honore de Balzac
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Science is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon eternal truths. Art is out of the reach of morals, for…
— Oscar Wilde
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