“A man must first of all understand certain things. He has thousands of false ideas and false conceptions, chiefly about himself, and he must get rid of some of them before beginning to acquire anything new. Otherwise the new will be built on a wrong foundation and the result will be worse than before. To speak the truth is the most difficult thing in the world; one must study a great deal and for a long time in order to speak the truth. The wish alone is not enough. To speak the truth one must know what the truth is and what a lie is, and first of all in oneself. And this nobody wants to know.” KnowsMenWorldWantFirstsLongIdeasEnoughLyingCertainOrderSpeakWishDifficultGrowthResultsDealsStudyTruth IsLong TimeBuiltFoundationOneselfAcquireConceptionDifficult ThingsSpeak The Truth Author:G. I. Gurdjieff
“The truth is... I gave my heart away a long time ago, my whole heart... and I never really got it back.” HeartLongWholeMy HeartTruth IsLong TimeLong Time AgoAlabama Author:Reese Witherspoon
“I recently interviewed Bernie Ecclestone in London. He had a go at women, said [Vladimir] Putin should be running Europe and so on. He enjoys it - he's been doing it for such a long time. He has an entrenched position. The truth be known, he is unique, right?” ShouldLongSaidRunningEnjoyKnownPositionTruth IsLong TimeUniqueEuropeLondonPutin Author:Martin Sorrell
“The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.” WayLongStatesTruthHouseTruth IsLong TimeExtremesHumiliationDwellingAnnihilation Book:Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings Source: Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings
“I never had a brain until Freak came along and let me borrow his for awhile, and that's the truth, the whole truth. The unvanquished truth, is how Freak would say it, and for a long time it was him who did the talking.” LongWholeBrainTalkingTruth IsLong TimeLet MeFreakWhole Truth Book:Freak The Mighty Source: Freak The Mighty