History Quote by Col. Thomas Aspinwall

“We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth and to assimilate it from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought…

— Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi

“The truth is rarely buried; it is merely lying in wait behind veils of modesty, pain, or indifference; the one necessary prerequisite is a…

— Amin Maalouf

“We should not be ashamed to acknowledge truth from whatever source it comes to us, even if it is brought to us by former…

— al-Kindi Muammad ibn Ysuf

“I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. ...…

— J. Krishnamurti

“truths are illusions about which one has forgotten that this is what they are; metaphors which are worn out and without sensuous power; coins…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“In war-time the word patriotism means suppression of truth.”

— Siegfried Sassoon

“nothing is sacred in and of itself...Ideas, texts, even people can be made sacred... the act of making sacred is in truth an event…

— Salman Rushdie

“Question everything—no matter how beloved, or how long-held, or how exalted—without apology. Only those who build their world upon lies need fear an inquisitive…

— L.M. Browning

“In truth history does not belong to us but rather we to it.”

— Hans-Georg Gadamer

“We can not, therefore, reserve as sacred anything that is not truth and yet we cannot turn from things of truth have inspired us…

— Leviak B. Kelly

“It takes great courage to back truth unacceptable to our times. There's a punishment for it and it's usually crucifixion.”

— John Steinbeck

“The truth is not a weapon to be used against others, it is a gift to be shared. Truth is a spark that resides…

— James Rozoff