Truth Quotes - Page 46
Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.
1973 'Fear and Loathing at the Superbowl', in Rolling Stone, 15 Feb.
Hazrat Inayat Khan (1973). “The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan: The Way of Illumination”, p.73, Library of Alexandria
influence which is given on the side of money is usually against truth.
Harriet Martineau (1836). “Philosophical essays. Essays on the art of thinking. Sabbath musings. Moral essays. Parables. Poetry”, p.187
I believe in general in a dualism between facts and the ideas of those facts in human heads.
George Santayana (2003). “The Letters of George Santayana”, p.338, MIT Press
"Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook H 7, 1799.
David Deida (2009). “Blue Truth: A Spiritual Guide to Life and Death and Love and Sex”, p.71, ReadHowYouWant.com
"Bridges to Infinity : The Human Side of Mathematics". Book by Michael Guillen, 1983.
Sometimes truth is costly but not nearly as costly as deception.
Beth Moore (2009). “Praying God's Word: Breaking Free from Spiritual Strongholds”, p.77, B&H Publishing Group
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing
Alfred Russel Wallace (1991). “Alfred Russel Wallace: An Anthology of His Shorter Writings”, Oxford University Press, USA
Albert Gallatin Mackey (1867). “The Mystic Tie: Or, Facts and Opinions, Illustrative of the Character and Tendency of Freemasonry”, p.7
Campaign remark, Fresno, Cal., 10 Sept. 1952. John F. Parker, in "If Elected, I Promise ...": Stories and Gems of Wisdom by and About Politicians (1969), attributes the reverse statement to Chauncey Depew (1834 - 1928): "If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican party, I'll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats."
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.135
We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.
William James (1970). “Essays in Pragmatism”, p.170, Simon and Schuster
"Essay on Freud". May 16, 1929.