T Quotes
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“The true ground of most men's prejudice against the Christian doctrine is because they have no mind to obey it.”
Source: The works of the most reverend Dr. John Tillotson containing two hundred sermons and discourses, on several occasions ...
“The true guide of life is to do what is right.”
Source: Stemming the Tide: Speeches 1951 and 1952. Edited by Randolph S. Churchill
“The true guide of our conduct is no outward authority, but the voice of God, who comes down to dwell in our souls, who knows all our thoughts, to whom are owing all the truth we know, and all the good we do; for vice is voluntary, and virtue comes from the grace of the heavenly spirit within.”
Source: The History of Freedom (and other Essays)
“The true hallmark of how advanced a person is, is how they treat those around them. Not simply what they say or what they preach, but the results they generate, how kind they are.”
“The true happiness of a country is reflected in the eyes of its children.”
Source: Dark Rooms
“The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball.”
“The true heart is the voice of the spirit.”
Source: Earth Medicine: Revealing Hidden Teachings of the Native American Medicine Wheel
“The true heart of all human beings is the lover of what is.”
Source: Emptiness Dancing: Easyread Large Bold Edition
“The true hero fights and dies in the name of his destiny, and not in the name of a belief.”
Source: A short history of decay
“The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles - preferably of his own making - in order to triumph.”
Source: The Art of Racing in the Rain
“The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred.”
“The true hero trains himself in silence.”
“The true heroes are those who strive to not lose themselves despite having lost everything.”
Source: Sips And Little Portions
“The true historian, therefore, seeking to compose a true picture of the thing acted, must collect facts and combine facts. Methods will differ, styles will differ. Nobody ever does anything like anybody else; but the end in view is generally the same, and the historian's end is truthful narration. Maxims he will have, if he is wise, never a one; and as for a moral, if he tell his story well, it will need none; if he tell it ill, it will deserve none.”
Source: The collected essays & addresses of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, 1880-1920
“The true historical genius, to our thinking, is that which can see the nobler meaning of events that are near him, as the true poet is he who detects the divine in the casual; and we somewhat suspect the depth of his insight into the past who cannot recognize the godlike of to-day under that disguise in which it always visits us.”
Source: My Study Windows
“The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.”
“The true history of Vietnamese civilian suffering does not fit comfortably into America's preferred postwar narrative - the tale of a conflict nobly fought by responsible commanders and good American boys, who should not be tainted by the occasional mistakes of a few 'bad apples' in their midst.”
Source: Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam
“The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.”
“The true Human Being is the Innermost, He does not have problems. The problems are from the mind.”
“The true human being is the meaning of the universe. He is a dancing star. He is the exploding singularity pregnant with infinite possibilities.”
“The true human condition in its most perfect form has no secrets. It does not hide, but exists in clear love.”
“The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.”
Source: Literature and the American college: essays in defense of the humanities
“The true hunter does not exist to hunt, he exists to fulfill the relationships he has with the world, with the land, his family, his dreams and whatever he is doing at that moment. When the hunter achieves balance, he finds what he is hunting for, and the moment when the photo is captured, the arrow released, is like letting out breath – it is inevitable, effortless.”
Source: The Philosophy of Travel
“The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.”
Source: The Counterfeiters: A Novel
“The true idea of a church has not yet been shown the world, a visible Church, I mean, unless it was in the very earliest times; yes, the twelve disciples bound to their Lord in love, to do his work forever, that was a church, a Christian family.”
“The true ideal is not opposed to the real but lies in it; and blessed are the eyes that find it.”
Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)
“The true idealist pursues what his heart says is right in a way that his head says will work.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1970
“The true impact of innovation isn’t in its disruptiveness; rather, it lies in its ability to ignite hope, unlock new possibilities and catalyse positive transformations across systems.”
Source: Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World
“The true impressionism is realism. So many people do not observe.”
Source: Childe Hassam: American impressionist
“The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.”
“The true India resides in its villages.”
“The true Indian sets no price upon either his property or his labor. His generosity is limited only by his strength and ability. He regards it as an honor to be selected for difficult or dangerous service and would think it shameful to ask for any reward, saying rather: "Let the person I serve express his thanks according to his own bringing up and his sense of honor. Each soul must meet the morning sun, the new sweet earth, and the Great Silence alone!. What is Silence? It is the Great Mystery! The Holy Silence is His voice!”
“The true indicator that I love myself is that I choose to love others above myself.”
“The true inner self must be drawn up like a jewel from the bottom of the sea, rescued from confusion, from indistinction, from immersion in the common, the nondescript, the trivial, the sordid, the evanescent.”
Source: New Seeds of Contemplation
“The true instrument is that, with the help of which, the egoism and my-ness goes away.”
“The true integrity of a woman can be seen in how she embodies her sensuality.”
“The [true] intellectual is he who does not let harm done to others and nor let any harm done to even one's own self.”
“The true investor welcomes volatility ... a wildly fluctuating market means that irrationally low prices will periodically be attached to solid businesses.”
Source: Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha
“The true investor... will do better if he forgets about the stock market and pays attention to his dividend returns and to the operation results of his companies.”
Source: The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel
“The true is inimitable, the false untransformable.”
Source: Notes on the Cinematograph
“The true is not material reality only.”
Source: The Life of an Artist: An Autobiography
“The true is the name of whatever proves itself to be good in the way of belief, and good, too, for definite, assignable reasons.”
Source: Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking (New Thought Edition - Secret Library)
“The true is the whole.”
Source: Hegel's Introduction to the System: Encyclopaedia Phenomenology and Psychology
“The True is the whole. But the whole is nothing other than the essence consummating itself through its development. Of the Absolute it must be said that it is essentially a result, that only in the end is it what it truly is; and that precisely in this consists its nature, viz. to be actual, subject, the spontaneous becoming of itself.”
Source: Phenomenology of Spirit
“The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.”
Source: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“The true joy comes from filling the spiritual vacuum with an intimate relationship with the One who is pure joy – Jesus Christ. Jesus said His joy would “remain in you” and “your joy no one will take from you” (John 15:11; John 16:22).”
“The true joy in life is to be a force of Fortune instead of a feverish, selfish little child of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.”
“The true joy of a moonlit night is something we no longer understand. Only the men of old, when there were no lights, could understand the true joy of a moonlit night.”
“The true joy of humankind is in doing that which is most proper to our nature; and the first property of people is to be kindly affected towards them that are of one kind with ourselves.”
“The true key to the declension of the Roman empire which is not to be found in all Gibbon 's immense work may be stated in two words: the imperial character overlaying, and finally destroying, the national character. Rome under Trajan was an empire without a nation.”
Source: Specimens of the table talk