The Will To Truth Quotes

Poetry; a criticism of life under the conditions fixed for such a criticism by the laws of poetic truth and poetic beauty.

I was a barbarian, tender and full of violence. I translated by instinct, without any method, not merely an artistic truth but above all a human one.

I think a story is an attention grabber. I think it's a truth conveyor. Those are two great features of a good story.

The truth brings the past into the present and prepares us for the future. That's what truth does

I have to tell you I enjoy Jon Stewart. That's the truth. I actually think he's very funny. I've paid to see him do his stand-up routine.

God, help me remember that when I admit and accept the truth, I'll be given the power and guidance to change.

The truth of the matter is: you can create a great legacy, and inspire others, by giving it to philanthropic organizations.

Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.

It's true that necessity is the mother of invention. But for those of us without fathers, there is a deeper truth - necessity is the mother of self-invention.

I truly love my fans. Truly, truly from the heart. That's the real truth. I love them.

Neither with those nor with the others, with all I agree and dissent; in all part of truth and part of error must be seen.

It is meaningless to speak in the name of - or against - Reason, Truth, or Knowledge.

Truth, like beauty, is in the eyes of the beholder.

The truth is like a scalpel. The truth is painful.

Michael: There's nothing here to fear. Lucifer: Well, there's always the truth.

The truth is a lot easier to see when you stop assuming you already have it.

A divine falsehood is more powerful than any human truth.

The stupendous truth of the existence of a Heavenly Mother, as well as a Heavenly Father, became established facts in Mormon Theology.

There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering.

That one woman is capable of loving another is an historical truth; but never yet lived one who could not listen to her own praises at the expense of her adored friend.

Upon discovering truth, the natural love one has for oneself expands until it encompasses the whole world. This Love removes the ego.

Life and the Universe show spontaneity;Down with ridiculous notions of Deity!Churches and creeds are lost in the mists;Truth must be sought with the Positivists.

What is writing, no matter how lavish the pieces, if it says nothing of the truth, cares little for the heart, and is merely subservient to the pleasure of showing one's brilliance.

Goodness, Truth and Beauty come first

Seek greater knowledge and you shall possess greater truth

Remember this always: The living of your own life writes the book of your most sacred truth, and offers evidence of it.

Live authentically. Live your truth. And if you love me for anything, love me because I live mine.

Imagine a world in which we are all enlightened by objective truths rather than offended by them.

The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.

I think everyone has some fascination with what's outside our existence. It's a constant journey to find the truth.

Therefore, in the Beginning, which is Truth, all things are Eternal Truth itself

Truth has not such an urgent air.

Then again, they're not scripted and I feel it's virtually impossible to be anything but yourself when you're in front of the cameras and cooking so there is a measure of truth in what you see.

To know a truth well, one must have fought it out.

I like to do my principal research in bars, where people are more likely to tell the truth or, at least, lie less convincingly than they do in briefings and books.

She hadn't chosen him over all the others. The truth was that she hadn't even thought about anyone else.

Evil spreads with the wind; truth is capable of spreading even against it.

The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.

There is faith in every serious doubt, namely, the faith in the truth as such, even if the only truth we can express is our lack of truth.

Truth has to fall on fertile soil.

we are, in this country, more open to new ideas. But we are also, it seems to me, more inclined to hail the new as absolute truth - until the next new comes along.

No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes.

Truth is not arrived at by majority vote.

Objective truth itself is sometimes often seen as a right wing Republican-Christian plot to take over the government (though the rhetoric is cleverer than that, that's the bottom line).

Sociologists are those academic accountants who think that truth can be shaken from an abacus.

The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth.

What important truth do very few people agree with you on?

Science is so powerful that it drags us kicking and screaming towards the truth despite our best efforts to avoid it.

As I've gotten older and learned more, I realise that Hollywood has not told the truth.

Where doubt there truth is - 'tis her shadow.