T Quotes
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“Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time, nor does it take away the freedom of speech which proceeds from justice; but it gives to us the knowledge of what is just and lawful, separating from them the unjust and refuting them.”
Source: Enchiridion
“Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time.”
“Truth is a thought provoking mechanism designed to bring about a virtuous change , but tailored minimally to suit one’s liking.”
“Truth is a torch but a tremendous one. That is why we hurry past it, shielding our eyes, indeed, in fear of getting burned.”
Source: Goethe's world view: presented in his reflections and maxims
“Truth is a torch which gleams in the fog but does not dispel it.”
“Truth is a torch, but a huge one, and so it is only with blinking eyes what we all of us try to get past it, in actual terror of being burnt.”
Source: Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)
“Truth is a torch, but a terrific one; therefore we all try to reach it with closed eyes, lest we should be scorched.”
“Truth is a totality, the sum of many overlapping partial images. History, on the other hand, sacrifices totality in the interest of continuity.”
“Truth is a troublesome motherfucker unless it's handled properly”
“Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism.”
“Truth is a very different thing from fact; it is the loving contact of the soul with spiritual fact, vital and potent. It does not work in the soul independently of all faculty or qualification there for setting it forth or defending it. Truth in the inward parts is a power, not an opinion.”
Source: THOMAS WINGFOLD, CURATE + PAUL FABER, SURGEON + THERE AND BACK - The Complete Series: The Curate's Awakening, The Lady's Confession & The Baron's Apprenticeship
“Truth is a weapon and lies are a necessary shield.”
Source: Red Sister
“Truth is a well we all draw from and slowly poison, as we use it in ways for which it was never intended.”
“Truth is a well-known pathological liar. It invariably turns out to be Fiction wearing a fancy frock. Self-proclaimed Fiction, on the other hand, is entirely honest. You can tell this, because it comes right out and says, "I'm a Liar," right there on the dust jacket.”
“Truth is a woman. That is why it is enigmatic.”
Source: The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea
“Truth is above all, but higher still is true living.”
Source: The teachings of Kirpal Singh
“Truth is above any god, yours or mine.”
“Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.”
“Truth is always a delusion.”
“Truth is always a factual right...
It is not always an absolute right...”
“Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out. It is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips, and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack; and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.”
“Truth is always duller than fiction.”
“Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.”
“Truth is always experienced subjectively and is shaped by the context of our perceptions.
("Behind the frosted glass”)”
“Truth is always fascinating because it always lies in beauty.”
“Truth is always here. That's the only way truth can be. Truth cannot be anywhere else. The only time it can be is here, and the only place it can be is now. But the mind is never here and is never now. Hence, mind and truth never meet. The mind goes on thinking about truth, and the truth goes on waiting to be realized, but the meeting never happens. The meeting is possible only if mind stops functioning, because mind means the past, mind means the future. Mind is never here-now. Whenever you start thinking, you are going astray. If you stop thinking, suddenly you are at home.”
“Truth is always in danger of being sacrificed on the altars of good taste and social stability.”
Source: Credo
“Truth is always served by great minds, even if they fight it.”
Source: The substance of man
“Truth is always silent but the lie demonstrates that it is truth.”
“Truth is always straightforward.”
“Truth is always stranger than fiction. We craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be, but truth cannot be crafted. Truth is, and truth has a way of astonishing us to our knees. Reminding us, that the universe does not exist to fulfill our expectations. Because we are imperfect beings who are self-blinded to the truth of the world’s stunning complexity, we shave reality to paper thin theories and ideologies that we can easily grasp – and we call them truths. But the truth of a sea in all it’s immensity cannot be embodied in one tidewashed pebble.”
“Truth is always the enemy of power. And power the enemy of truth.”
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
“Truth is always the first casualty of war.”
“Truth is always the most important thing, even when it leads us into dark places.”
Source: Moon at Nine
“Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire.”
“Truth is always unfolding. It's not an absolute.”
“Truth is always wilder than fiction. Hold on to your hats and enjoy this page turning
look inside the world of sports betting from a good girl gone bad for love.”
Laura Atchison, Author of What Would A Wise Woman Do?”
“Truth is an all-freeing mechanism.”
“Truth is an arrow and the gate is narrow that it passes through.”
“Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.”
“Truth is an honest saint; ignorance is a helpless scholar; knowledge is a kind sage.”
“Truth is an honest saint,
ignorance is a helpless scholar,
knowledge is a kind sage.
Understanding is an honest saint,
uncertainty is a helpless scholar,
wisdom is a kind sage.
Awareness is an honest saint,
apathy is a helpless scholar,
intelligence is a kind sage.
Time is an honest saint,
life is a helpless scholar,
eternity is a kind sage.
Nature is an honest saint,
mankind is a helpless scholar,
enlightenment is a kind sage.
Hope is an honest saint,
wrath is a helpless sinner,
love is a kind sage.
Prudence is an honest saint,
greed is a helpless sinner,
charity is a kind sage.
Compassion is an honest saint,
vengeance is a helpless sinner,
forgiveness is a kind sage.
Contentment is an honest saint,
envy is a helpless sinner,
peace is a kind sage.
Virtue is an honest saint,
vice is a helpless sinner,
love is a kind sage.”
“Truth is an honest saint,
ignorance is a helpless scholar,
vice is an uncaring sinner,
and love is a kind sage.
Knowledge is the path,
understanding is the way,
wisdom is the highway,
and enlightenment is the destination.”
“Truth is an illusion for the egotistical man.”
“Truth is as hard as adamant and tender as a blossom.”
Source: My Experiments With Truth: An Autobiography
“Truth is as impossible to be soiled by any outward touch as the sunbeam.”
Source: The Prose Works of John Milton ...: With a Preface, Preliminary Remarks, and Notes
“Truth is as straight as an arrow, while a lie swivels all over the place.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“Truth is as straight as an arrow, while a lie swivels all over the place. You can hide Truth under a doormat, but eventually the mat will rise very high with Time -- forcing it to reveal all the truths it conceals.”
“Truth is as straight as an arrow, while a lie swivels like a snake.”
“Truth is available to the ears that can hear it.”