Top 1200 Harsh Truth Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes. Conceal your truths within words. Natural ambiguity will protect you then.

Very often, all the activity of the human mind is directed not in revealing the truth, but in hiding the truth

The Bible's truth does not depend in any way on whether or not a person believes the truth.

I'm someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I'm empowered with the truth, I'm not going to shut up.

The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth.

The scientist is a lover of truth for the very love of truth itself, wherever it may lead.

Mystery is the antagonist of truth. It is a fog of human invention, that obscures truth, and represents it in distortion.

The truth is not in the commercial media because the truth is a dagger pointed at its heart, which is its pocketbook.

The truth of history crowds out the truth of fiction - as if one were obliged to choose between them.

The Beduin of the desert, born and grown up in it, had embraced with all his sour this nakedness too harsh for volunteers, for the reason, felt but inarticulate, that there he found himself indubitably free.

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.

... the besetting danger is not so much of embracing falsehood for truth, as of mistaking a part of the truth for the whole.

The harsh reality is that socialism not only destroys economic freedom, it severely limits the capability of everyone to reach maximum potential. It's a system that doesn't provide more, but instead vastly less.

I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it.

When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live with.

There is an obvious truth here that must be spoken. The truth is that Assad, Russia, and Iran have no interest in peace.

One thing about the business and investing world that I connect to very intimately is that there is little room to deny the harsh realities of your mistakes. A bad call can lose you many millions.

Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State.

Even as Jews and Christians profoundly disagree about the truth, they are united in the belief that there is a truth to be sought.

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.

Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.

In a mathematical proposition, for example, the objectivity is given, but therefore its truth is also an indifferent truth.

To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.

People don't like to hear the truth out here cause the truth makes them think.

Life is a lie if truth is not found. Truth is just an idea if it is not lived. It is living that matters.

love of truth, ordinary common truth recognizable to everyone, is the ruling passion of the novel.

Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth.

Nothing makes a man, or a body of men, as mad as the truth. If there is no truth in it, they laugh it off.

The truth has always been dangerous to the rule of the rogue, the exploiter, the robber. So the truth must be supressed.

The Truth is inseparable from who you are. Yes, you are the Truth. If you look for it elsewhere, you will be deceived every time.

But what is truth? 'Twas Pilate's question put To Truth itself, that deign'd him no reply.

I'm extra harsh on pilot scripts, which is difficult because pilots, generally, are not that great. You have to imagine the whole series instead of just that one script, and I have a really hard time doing that.

Religious truth, or for that matter any truth, requires a calm and meditative atmosphere for its percolation.

Imagination is the queen of truth, and possibility is one of the regions of truth. She is positively akin to infinity.

I think a lot of people are afraid the truth is in conflict with God. And are unable to let go and let the truth of the world.

If you're a coach, and you don't have trust with players, you've got no chance, and your credibility is zero. And that's why it's so important to tell them the truth. If you have something that you're upset about, tell them the truth. If they're doing something wrong, tell them the truth.

Someone who lies and someone who tells the truth are playing on opposite sides, so to speak, in the same game. Each responds to the facts as he understands them, although the response of the one is guided by the authority of the truth, while the response of the other defies that authority and refuses to meet its demands. The bullshitter ignores these demands altogether. He does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it. He pays no attention to it at all. By virtue of this, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.

Merely stating a truth isn't enough. The truth has to be made vivid, interesting, dramatic. You have to use showmanship.

Not everyone's a perfect parent, but we do learn, and we grow from that. I'm not trying to be harsh on my family because it does make them sad to think back about how they used to be and some of their choices.

I'm the type of human who is interested most in the truth. God gave me a healthy love for the truth.

The truth will set you free...unless you want to know the truth about who killed JFK.

I'm a person who has always believed that you tell people the truth, and they'll make reasonable decisions. Truth is powerful.

Life is short and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.

I think it's an Irish thing. We don't really care. We say it as we mean it, and you have to deal with it. The truth is the truth.

It is not after we understand the truth that we attain enlightenment. To realize the truth is to live - to exist here and now.

I believe what I write to be the truth...every man who is not indifferent to the truth has a weakness for spreading it about.

It's true that if you advise politicians on economic policy in the U.S. today, you spend your time in a cross between inquiry and combat. You are always on the periphery of harsh partisan warfare that has nothing to do with substance.

If you have discovered a truth, tell it first to a parrot! Every new truth needs an insistent repetition!

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.

Truth exists. The sole purpose of this proposition is to assert the existence of truth against imbeciles and sceptics.

And what's wrong with dimming the harsh reality of life a little, anyway? In essence, being alive is a bloody long and hard walk to death. Why not make it as pleasant along the way as you can?

Ultimately photography is about who you are. It's the truth in relation to yourself. And seeking truth becomes a habit.

The truth, the absolute truth, is that the chief beauty for the theatre consists in fine bodily proportions.

To convince someone of the truth, it is not enough to state it, but rather one must find the path from error to truth.

Fantasy is no good unless the seed it springs from is a truth, a truth about human beings.

When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.

Any truth is only true up to a certain point. When one oversteps the mark, it becomes a non-truth.

The heavens and earth stay as they were; my heart Beats as it beat: the truth remains the truth.

Utter truth is essential...and to get that truth may take a lot of searching and long hours.