The Will To Truth Quotes
When a great truth once gets abroad in the world, no power on earth can imprison it, or prescribe its limits, or suppress it. It is bound to go on till it becomes the thought of the world.
You build trust with others each time you choose integrity over image, truth over convenience, or honor over personal gain.
The passion for seeking the truth for truth's sake can be kept alive only if we continue to seek the truth for truth's sake.
The only truth is that I live. Sincerely, I live. Who am I? Well, that's a bit much.
Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth
Silence is the Mother of Truth, for the silent man was ever to be trusted, while the man ever ready with speech was never taken seriously.
You spoke the truth, Percy Jackson. You are nothing like... like Hercules. I am honored that you carry this sword.
To be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and speak the truth.
Any necessary truth, whether a priori or a posteriori, could not have turned out otherwise
They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.
Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.
I've always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, "Ain't that the truth."
The truth doesn't set you free, you know. It makes you feel awkward and embarrassed and defenseless and red in the face and horrified and petrified and vulnerable.
One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.
Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.
As no two people see the world the same way, all trips from here to there are imaginary; all truth is a tale I am telling myself.
The defendant wants to hide the truth because he's generally guilty. The defense attorney's job is to make sure the jury does not arrive at that truth.
When lies have been accepted for some time, the truth always astounds with an air of novelty.
Some people pretend to like capers, but the truth is that any dish that tastes good with capers in it tastes even better with capers not in it.
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.
The quest for truth must be carried out by each person individually. It is like breathing, something which no one else can do for us.
Take advantage of it now, while you are young, and suffer all you can, because these things don't last your whole life.
A moment of choice is a moment of truth. It's the testing point of our character and competence.
Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.
If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such, the path of error is the path of truth.
The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.
The cops picked me up for attempted murder. I can still see the detectives, licking their chops. Thought they had me. Two weeks later, the cat came out of a coma and told the truth. I was innocent.
Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.
You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale.
The truth of the matter is the tone is toxic here in Washington, and we have been exporting it around the country.
Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity.
We're like the Three Musketeers, searching for truth and justice and the American way.: Glitch snorted. "More like the Three Blind Mice, stumbling around trying to find a hunk of cheese in the dark.
... my convictions led me to adhere to the sufficiency of the light within us, resting on truth as authority, rather than 'taking authority for truth.'
An aphorism is a personal observation inflated into a universal truth, a private posing as a general.
It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.