What Is Truth Quotes

Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice.

God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred.

Someone who is elated with wine speaks the truth on all subjects, even without meaning to. In the same way, anyone who is inebriated with the spirit of penitence will never be able to tell lies.

How far is truth susceptible of embodiment? That is the question, that is the experiment.

Often life is a frantic avoidance of the truth.

We can never achieve absolute truth but we can live hopefully by a system of calculated probabilities.

It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error.

I know that I'm freer as a hip-hopper than as an executive. Even as a black man, I enjoy more freedom as a hip-hopper than as a black man. That, s controversial to say, but it's the truth.

I am as content to die for God's eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way.

Dare to contend without being contentious. Preserve the truth without hurting people. Love and be charitable.

I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn't exactly appreciated, at first.

It's a cliché, but also a deep truth (as cliché's tend to be), that you can't love another person very well if you don't love yourself.

By following this simple path, you become extraordinary, unfathomable, a being of profound cosmic subtlety. You outlive time and space by realizing the subtle truth of the universe.

The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.

When you speak, speak the truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust... Withhold your hands from striking, and from taking that which is unlawful and bad.

In today's distorted world of 'human rights,' truth takes a back seat to ideology, and false claims - especially those that 'support' radical ideologies - persist even after they have been exposed.

When in doubt, tell the truth. That maxim I did invent, but never expected it to be applied to me. I did say, "When you are in doubt," but when I am in doubt myself I use more sagacity.

Because the truth of God is love, conversion to God is conversion to love.

A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.

Your duty is to be, and not to be this or that. I Am That I Am sums up the whole truth; the method is summarized in Be Still.

A plausible rumor / Seems a lot more believable / Than the truth itself.

Im 48 years old, not a kid anymore by any definition, but here is a universal truth that every adult at some point will realize: We are all always 17 years old, waiting for our lives to begin.

The painful truth is that while we might have the illusion, none of us are free.

Truth demands confrontation. It must be loving confrontation, but there must be confrontation nonetheless.

He who is called Krishna is also Siva and the Primal Sakti...He again, who is called Jesus and Allah. Truth is one.

Great truths always dwell a long time with small minorities, and the real voice of God is often that which rises above the masses, not that which follows them.

Truth lives on in the midst of deception.

The Yankee: In acuteness and perseverance, he resembles the Scotch. In frugal neatness, he resembles the Dutch. But in truth, a Yankee is nothing else on earth but himself.

To tell you the honest-to-God truth: without Scientology, I would be dead. So, I can personally highly recommend it.

In academic life you seek to state absolute truths; in politics you seek to accommodate truth to the facts around you.

Do not worry over the charge of treason to your masters, but be concerned about the treason that involves yourselves. Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.

Preaching is truth set on fire.

To Latter-day Saints there can be no objection to the careful and critical study of the scriptures, ancient or modern, provided only that it be an honest study - a search for truth.

Everything passes, only truth remains.

Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.

One man with truth on his side is stronger than a majority in error, and will conquer in the end.

ANYONE may become a revealer of Truth who lives in close contact with the indwelling God.

If there was a little more light and truth in the world through one human being, his life has had meaning.

Begin to act from your dominion. Declare the truth by telling yourself that there is nothing to be afraid of, that you no longer entertain any images of fear.

Wisdom is only found in truth. [Ger., Die Weisheit ist nur in der Wahrheit.]

The truth is, I've been lucky. But just like the waltz, life has its own rhythm of rise and fall.

Our feelings are real and they are powerful, but they are not more powerful than God and truth.

Nature utters her voice in lessons of heavenly wisdom and eternal truth.

God is incorporeal, divine, supreme, infinite Mind, Spirit, Soul, Principle, life, Truth, Love.

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.

If you didn't believe in objective truth, arguments would be just toys, or games, or jokes.

Nothing misleads people like the truth.

I am fascinated by language in daily life: the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.