Absolutes Quote by John Ralston Saul

“The only absolute truth is change, and death is the only way to stop change. Life is a series of judgments on changing situations,…

— L.E. Modesitt Jr

You are using your own moral intuitions to authenticate the wisdom of the Bible - and then, in the next moment, you assert that…

— Sam Harris

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

— Mahatma Gandhi

When you're not rooted in your authentic self, you believe what someone tells you. You'll fall for it.

— Tabitha Brown

It's a useful habit to never believe more than half of what people tell you, and not to concern yourself with the rest. Rather…

— Halldór Laxness

Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.

— Eric Hoffer

Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe.

— Demosthenes

Believing ourselves to be possessors of absolute truth degrades us: we regard every person whose way of thinking is different from ours as a…

— Octavio Paz

Believing is such a comfort that it's hard to give up a belief just because it isn't true.

— Andy Rooney

It is as easy to deceive one's self without perceiving it, as it is difficult to deceive others without their finding out.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Betrayal of any kind is hard, but betrayal by one's religion is excruciating. It makes you want to rage and weep.

— Sue Monk Kidd

Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.

— Sophocles