T Quotes
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“Truth is not always injured by fiction.”
Source: The female Quixote; or, The adventures of Arabella
“Truth is not always the best basis for happiness. There are certain lies which may constitute a far better and more secure foundation of happiness. There are people who perish when their eyes are opened.”
“Truth is not always the most entertaining guest at the dinner table, and anyway, as Duras suggests, we are always more unreal to ourselves than other people are.”
Source: The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography
“Truth is not an apple, that you can devour in a few bites - truth is an onion, peel off one layer, plenty more to peel alright.”
Source: The Humanitarian Dictator
“Truth is not an idea, belief, concept, memory that we have acquired in order to have security. Happiness and freedom is not found in acquired ideas that always have opposites and references to an image, past or future. We have to leap into the unknown to find what we truly want”
Source: Pathways to Perfect Living
“Truth is not arrived at by majority vote.”
“Truth is not as pompous and romantic as myth ... but it has the immeasurable value of being the Truth.”
Source: E=mc^2: The Most Famous Equation in History... and its Folklore
“Truth is not born nor is it to be found inside the head of an individual person, it is born between people collectively searching for truth, in the process of their dialogic interaction”
“Truth is not by nature free - nor error servile - but that its production is thoroughly imbued with relations of power.”
“Truth is not convenient. It is not lenient nor passive. It is not kind to the selfish. It will never bend to the forgery of propaganda. It is not predisposed to the pacifism of truth compromised. It will wreck political platforms that pen truth out of their policies. And with the invincible morality that is the essence of truth itself, it will see to it that the consequence of any lie is on its way before the lie is on its. Such is the nature of truth for the fool who would embrace the lie that he is sufficiently wise to betray it.”
“Truth is not determined by a majority vote.”
“Truth is not determined by majority vote.”
“Truth is not determined by the number of people telling it or willing to admit to it.”
“Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.”
Source: Literary and historical miscellanies
“Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement; and if a story is told of more than common interest, ennui is sure to have its joy in adding embellishments. If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?”
Source: Literary and historical miscellanies
“Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.”
“Truth is not flexible. If they have to stretch, bend or hide the truth in order to get that connection or sale; they might not the best person to connect with or buy from.”
“Truth is not for sale. The man who sells truths that could help and guide humanity will never have peace of mind. Share truths freely, and you will always be revealed more.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“Truth is not found by knowledge, it is found by silence. And knowledge is noisy.”
“Truth is not fully explosive, but purely electric. You don't blow the world up with the truth; you shock it into motion.”
Source: Healology
“Truth is not hidden; it's simply passed over in the rush to find it.”
“Truth is not introduced into the individual from without, but was within him all the time.”
“Truth is not merely what we are thinking, but also why, to whom and under what circumstances we say it.”
“Truth is not obtained cheaply. It demands much time given to prayer and study of the Scriptures, followed by practical application in our daily lives. It must take priority over the many forms of cheap entertainment offered by our secular culture. It is a lifetime commitment.”
“Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.”
Source: Moral and religious aphorisms [collected by J. Jeffery from the papers of B. Whichcote]. Now re-publ., with additions, by S. Salter. To which are added, Eight letters: which passed between dr. Whichcote, and dr. Tuckney
“Truth is not only a matter of offense, in that it makes certain assertions. It is also a matter of defense in that it must be able to make a cogent and sensible response to the counterpoints that are raised.”
“Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.”
“Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more telling. To know that a thing actually happened gives it a poignancy, touches a chord, which a piece of acknowledged fiction misses. It is to touch this chord that some authors have done everything they could to give you the impression that they are telling the plain truth.”
“Truth is not over there, wherever over there is. Truth is neither housed in religious rituals nor secret doctrines, nor in a guru's touch or beatific smile, nor in exotic locations or ancient temples. Truth is quite literally the only thing that does exist. It is not hidden but in plain view, not lacking but abundantly present.”
“Truth is not private property.”
“Truth is not so threadbare as speech, because fewer people can make use of it.”
“Truth is not something I create to serve my agenda. Rather, truth is something created to save me from my agenda.”
“Truth is not something outside to be discovered, it is something inside to be realized.”
“Truth is not … something to believe or disbelieve. The things we believe are always less than Truth[.]”
Source: Buddhism Plain & Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
“Truth is not something you can appropriate easily and quickly. You certainly cannot sleep or dream yourself to the truth. No, you must be tried, do battle, and suffer if you are to acquire the truth for yourself. It is a sheer illusion to think that in relation to the truth there is an abridgement, a short cut that dispenses with the necessity for struggling for it.”
“Truth is not spoken in anger. Truth is spoken, if it ever comes to be spoken, in love. The gaze of love is not deluded. It sees what is best in the beloved even when what is best in the beloved finds it hard to emerge into the light.”
“Truth is not subjective despite the fact that the ridicule that comes with it is.”
“Truth is not that which is demonstrable but that which is ineluctable.”
“Truth is not the enemy and whatever does not kill us, sets us free.”
“Truth is not the friend of the coward.”
“Truth is not the same for everyone whereas facts are.”
“Truth is not the secret of a few'
yet
you would maybe think so
the way some
librarians
and cultural ambassadors and
especially museum directors
act
you'd think they had a corner
on it
the way they
walk around shaking
their high heads and
looking as if they never
went to the bath
room or anything
But I wouldn't blame them
if I were you
They say the Spiritual is best conceived
in abstract terms
and then too
walking around in museums always makes me
want to
'sit down'
I always feel so
constipated
in those
high altitudes”
Source: A Coney Island of the Mind
“Truth is not to be found either in traditional capitalism or in Marxism. Each represents a partial truth. Historically, capitalism failed to discern the truth in collective enterprise and Marxism failed to see the truth in individual enterprise.”
Source: Search for the beloved community: the thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr
“Truth is not to be found outside. No teacher, no scripture can give it to you. It is inside you and if you wish to attain it, seek your own company. Be with yourself.”
“Truth is not truth merely because it is ancient. Nor is truth necessarily to be regarded with suspicion because it is ancient.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi
“Truth is not what I say it is, and not what you think it is. Truth is what God's word says it is.”
“Truth is not what you make it. Rather, truth is what makes you.”
“Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.”
Source: The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi
“Truth' is nothing but, awareness of incidents/value. So, everything we're aware of or not aware both are 'True'. It's just a matter of time which changes the value of awareness " - /•|•\ T∆Nv€€π \•|•/”
“Truth is now simply a matter of etiquette: it has no authority, no sense of rightness, because it is no longer anchored in anything absolute. If it persuades, it does so only because our experience has given it its persuasive power, but tomorrow our experience might be different.”