“Alas! In vain historians pry and probe: The same wind blows, and in the same live robe Truth bends her head to fingers curved cupwise; And with a woman's smile and a child's care Examines something she is holding there Concealed by her own shoulder from our eyes.” ChildrenEyeTruthCareWindTruth IsFingersBlowShouldersVainHistorianAlasConcealedRobes Book:The Gift Source: The Gift
“A finger points at the moon, but the moon is not at the tip of the finger. Words points at the truth, but the truth is not in words.” Truth IsMoonFingers Author:Huineng
“The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, and not even by yourself at some later date. Otherwise you begin excusing yourself. You must see the writing as emerging like a long scroll of ink from the index finger of your right hand; you must see your left hand erasing it.” WayWritingPersonsLongHandsTruthLeftTruth IsAssumingFingersInkEmergingLeft Hand Author:Margaret Atwood
“Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time you can waste it. But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know.” KnowsLifeInspirationTodayThreeWaitingTomorrowTruth IsThousandTenWasteFingersWasting TimeCoinsSlidesLive For TodayDon't Waste Your TimePostponingNow Or NeverBefore I FallHere Today Gone Tomorrow Author:Lauren Oliver