Truth Quotes - Page 34

But if it's true it's beautiful. Truth is beautiful. And so my whole work is about what amounts to a reverence for life itself.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light.

I tell the truth: your enemy is also your friend-his presence makes your life fuller and richer.

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.

Truth is the first of jewels.

Science is the search for the truth--it is not a game in which one tries to beat his opponent, to do harm to others. We need to have the spirit of science in international affairs, to make the conduct of international affairs the effort to find the right solution, the just solution of international problems, and not an effort by each nation to get the better of other nations, to do harm to them when it is possible. I believe in morality, in justice, in humanitarianism.

I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.

Not the violent conflict between parts of the truth, but the quiet suppression of half of it, is the formidable evil; there is always hope when people are forced to listen to both sides; it is when they attend to only one that errors harden into prejudices, and truth itself ceases to have the effect of truth, by being exaggerated into falsehood.

Truth, like surgery, may hurt, but it cures.

There is no truth. There is only perception.

Anyone who is not working toward the truth is missing the whole point of living.

There is no such thing as bragging. You're either lying or telling the truth.

We should know what our convictions are, and stand for them. Upon one's own philosophy, conscious or unconscious, depends one's ultimate interpretation of facts. Therefore it is wise to be as clear as possible about one's subjective principles. As the man is, so will be his ultimate truth.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.

If you know that everything comes from the mind, don't become attached. Once attached, you're unaware. But once you see your own nature, the entire Canon becomes so much prose. It's thousands of sutras and shastras only amount to a clear mind. Understanding comes in midsentence. What good are doctrines? The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way. The Way is wordless. Words are illusions. . . . Don't cling to appearances, and you'll break through all barriers. . . .

You never know what you can do until you have to do it.

Unfortunately, many regard the critic as an enemy, instead of seeing him as a guide to the truth.

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

To rise from error to truth is rare and beautiful.

No one forgets the truth; they just get better at lying.

The religion of that prophet [Karl Marx] who knew not the truth, is founded upon equality of the belly.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won.

Be truthful, gentle, and fearless.

At the end of the day, what I show is real life. I tell the truth. And the truth can be shocking.