Truth Quotes - Page 42

As we lay hold upon the truth of God, its influence must affect us. It must elevate us. It must remove from us every imperfection.

The confusion and undesigned inaccuracy so often to be observed in conversation, especially in that of uneducated persons, proves that truth needs to be cultivated as a talent, as well as recommended as a virtue.

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction.

To pursue union at the expense of truth is treason to the Lord Jesus.

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.

It is through the tongue, the pen, and the press that truth is principally propagated.

The truthful man is usually a liar.

It is not insult from another that causes you pain. It is the part of your mind that agrees with the insult. Agree only with the truth about you, and you are free.

For the lips of Zeus do not know how to lie, but bring to fulfilment every word.

Silently a flower blooms, In silence it falls away; Yet here now, at this moment, at this place, The world of the flower, the whole of the world is blooming. This is the talk of the flower, the truth of the blossom; The glory of eternal life is fully shining here.

Truth is truth to the end of reckoning.

Kindness is the highest form of intelligence.

The truth is, everything that has happened in my life... that I thought was a crushing event at the time, has turned out for the better.

Most people find facts irritating. Facts interfere with their systems of denial.

My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do

I am not cruel, only truthful.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

The truth must essentially be regarded as in conflict with this world; the world has never been so good, and will never become so good that the majority will desire the truth.

I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with consequences, you are to tell the truth.

There's no right or wrong just truthful or untruthful.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.

Truth is to be sought with a mind purified from the passions of the body. Having overcome evil things, thou shalt experience the union of the union mortal divinity with the mortal man.

German poetry is going in a very different direction from French poetry.... Its language has become more sober, more factual. It distrusts "beauty." It tries to be truthful.

The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.