“If you want truth to go round the world you must hire an express train to pull it; but if you want a lie to go round the world, it will fly: it is as light as a feather, and a breath will carry it. It is well said in the old proverb, 'a lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on'.” IfsWorldWantWellsSaidLightLyingTruth IsBreathsTrainRoundsBootsPullingFeathersWell SaidOld Proverb Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Truth ... Is a breath, a wind, A shadow, a phantom; Long have I pursued it, But never have I touched The hem of its garment.” LongTruthWindTruth IsShadowBreathsTouchedPursuedGarmentsPhantomsHem Book:War Is Kind and Other Poems Source: War Is Kind and Other Poems
“Once again, we are reminded that awakening, or enlightenment is not the property of Buddhism, any more than Truth is the property of Christianity. Neither the Buddha nor the Christ belongs exclusively to the communities that were founded in their names. They belong to all people of goodwill, all who are attentive to the secret which lives in the depths of their breath and their consciousness.” PeopleNamesChristCommunitySecretConsciousnessChristianityBuddhismTruth IsEnlightenmentBreathsPropertyDepthAwakeningGoodwill Author:Jean Leloup
“The real truth is that [Harriet Tubman ] spirit is so powerful that it consumes you. I was literally reduced to basic breath and blinks while she inhabited my vessel and told her story through me.” RealStoriesSpiritPowerfulTruth IsBreathsVesselBlinkReal Truth Author:Aisha Hinds
“The truth is always an abyss. One must — as in a swimming pool — dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again — laughing and fighting for breath — to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.” OrderFightingLaughingTruth IsBreathsDepthEverydayDareSurfaceSwimmingPoolAbyssSwimming PoolSpringboards Author:Franz Kafka
“And no matter what anybody says about grief and about time healing all wounds, the truth is, there are certain sorrows that never fade away until the heart stops beating and the last breath is taken.” HeartMatterLastsCertainGriefHealingTakenSorrowTruth IsBreathsNo Matter WhatWoundsFadesFade AwayNever Fade Book:God-Shaped Hole: A Novel Source: God-Shaped Hole: A Novel