Top 1200 Truth To Yourself Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

A comedian is someone who tells the truth. Truth is the set of all jokes told by all comedians in the world.

Truth crushed to earth is truth still and like a seed will rise again.

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

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

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

There is a big disincentive to talk about the truth. I will speak the truth.

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

Laughter is sort of a natural truth detector. If you laugh at something, it's probably because there was some truth in it.

He who does not bellow the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.

I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't deal with it, too bad.

The truth for sure, when it arrives, will make you smile. If it doesn't, you should seek a deeper 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.

Those who deny the existence of the truth postulate the truth of their denial and plainly contradict themselves.

On the road to truth, only those who do not know what tiredness and fear means reach the truth!

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Loving yourself means being your own best friend, standing by yourself at all times, including times of failure; being there for yourself no matter what.

Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don’t you?” “Of course I believe in the truth,” said Rhoda, staring. “Yes, you say that, but perhaps you haven’t thought about it. The truth hurts sometimes – and destroys one’s illusions.” “I’d rather have it all the same.” said Rhoda. “So would I. But I don’t know that we’re wise.” Mrs. Oliver; Rhoda Dawes

There are more martyrs to nonsense than truth, truth preferring missionaries.

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

Education ought to foster the wish for truth, not the conviction that some particular creed is the truth.

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

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

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

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.

Is that the truth, Jimmy?" I ask without looking at him. "It's the truth and it come to ya!" I smile.

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

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.

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

And what he ought to see, hear and understand is truth-eternal truth-and then practice it. That is conversion

With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.

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

We are really the conveyors of truth in a very critical time and people need to know that truth.

Don't forget that we lawyers, we're a higher breed of intellect, and so it's our privilege to lie. It's as clear as day. Animals can't even imagine lying: if you were to find yourself among some wild islanders, they too would only speak the truth until they learned about European culture.

People always love and respect characters who speak the truth, even if the truth hurts.

Always tell only the truth, and all the truth, and do so promptly - right now.

In each moment, you have a choice where you can build yourself up or tear yourself down, and choosing to build yourself up is always within your power.

Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart a desire to know the truth- in a word, to know himself- so that, by knowing and loving God, men and women may also come to the fullness of truth about themselves.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of truth.

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

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.

I am someone who values truth - actual truth as opposed to 'truthiness.'

Who does Not Know the Truth, is simply a Fool... Yet who Knows the Truth and Calls it a Lie, is a Criminal.

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

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

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