What Is Truth Quotes
We should not be upset that others hide the truth from us, when we hide it so often from ourselves.
Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.
Truth has scarce done so much good in the world as the false appearances of it have done hurt.
I don't care too much for thinking about the past. The truth is just another story. You can remember it any way you want; it's never gonna be the same twice.
It has to be simple, but then you deliver them a principle: The simple truth is, as a matter of principle, we cannot spend more than we take in. Something - that changes the tone of the debate.
When something really comes from the soul, I think it has a truth that you cannot find in politics.
The truth is that a lot of plays aren't political at all. In American theater history, political theater has tended to crop up when there's a crisis, a national crisis.
Poor Petey. I’d like to say I could almost feel a tender spot for poor Petey, but the truth is I’d rather feel at the tender spot on his head and give it a poke.
When the Christ says I: it is the I of all the Masters: the Way, the Truth, the Life
I saw more truth and sensitivity in art than I did in many of the people in this world.
You will gain energy by meditating deeply, by speaking the truth, by learning to be still and by avoiding the crowd, most of the time, not all of the time.
Dharma is the Truth that all of existence is. It does not disagree with anything. It is the perception of existence in its purest formlessness.
I am a Teacher. I am the keeper of mysteries. You seek knowledge and power, Truth, Light, and happiness. I am happy to aid you in your search.
A Buddhist monk has a responsibility first and foremost to themselves, and that's to find the truth each day in every part of their life.
Be a great capitalist. Be a great socialist. Be a great whatever you want to be, but do it with style, clarity and precision. That is the hallmark of those who seek higher knowledge and truth.
To look for truth in all the wrong and all the right places is the only excuse for living.
Within silence all things are contained. What appears to our eyes to be life is but a thin curtain, a gauze penumbra, which stultifies our vision, which prevents us from seeing the truth.
One nationality supresses another. One religion claimsto be the exclusive way to truth or god.
They'll kill you in a minute rather than deal with truth. It's more convenient because then they can forget about it and rationalize your death.
Consistency is nice, I think, personally. I like to be consistently happy. I like to be consistently more aware and more conscious of the truth.
Don't be discouraged. At times the path to truth is circuitous. The point is not to succeed, only to smile eternally.
The most noble of all pursuits is to be enlightened, to know truth, to have knowledge and yet be beyond even truth and knowledge, to be God.
One day you wake up and you decide you want to be different. You want a different life. You are tired of your old life. This is the truth. You will a change.
Most people don't care much about enlightenment and the truth. They'd rather watch the Home Shopping Network, and maybe that's another kind of truth.
Knowledge comes from personal experience of truth and awareness, not from conversation.
Everything we see is an illusion. Even our perceptions of truth are illusory, illusory in the sense they're not complete.
We have the possibility of being far removed from what we are, of beginning to taste it and feel it. That is direct knowledge. That is truth. Anything else is mere words.
None of this has ever been or will ever be; all is an appearance, all is an illusion. Illusions are truth. All illusions are real. We say illusion, meaning that they're shadows.
We have ideas of God and nirvana or truth or enlightenment. These ideas will go away in nirvana because the suffusion is so complete and intense that nothing can be remembered.
Is it important to have an enlightened teacher? No. Yes. If you are an absolute beginner, it really doesn't matter that much, to tell you the truth.
The ultimate horror movie for a really un-illuminated being is an enlightened person. They are scared of others seeing what they are all about and what they really do. They are scared of truth.
If you seek to change your life and attain enlightenment, you must deal with these questions. If there is no truth in this, then ignore these silly words.
It is only in Samadhi that you'll begin to get an inkling of who you are; and finally, it is only in nirvana that this perfect truth will become clear.
As we love truly and deeply, we see the white light of truth in them. Seeing this reminds us that the same light exists within us too - As the Tibetans say: "Recognition is liberation."
... religious controversy does only harm. It destroys humble inquiry after truth, and throws all the energies into an attempt to prove ourselves right-a spirit in which no man gets at truth.
In all matters of eternal truth, the soul is before the intellect; the things of God are spiritually discerned. You know truth by being true; you recognize God by being like Him.
I do not think that my films or films by any other filmmaker represent "THE TRUTH." I do not feel the need to categorize my films or anyone else's.
What the philosopher is seeking is not truth, but rather the metamorphosis of the world into man.
The unselective knowledge drive resembles the indiscriminate sexual drive--signs of vulgarity!
We talk about taking "pleasure in a thing": but in truth it is pleasure in ourselves, mediated by a thing.
Truth as Circe. - Error has transformed animals into men; is truth perhaps capable of changing man back into an animal?
When we stand the truth on its head we generally fail to notice that our head is not standing where it should be standing either.
as though "the Truth" were such an innocent and incompetent creature as to require protectors!
The Christian church has left nothing untouched by its depravity; it has turned every value into worthlessness, and every truth into a lie
It is not to everyone's taste that truth should be pronounced pleasant. But at least let no one believe that error becomes truth when it is pronounced unpleasant.