Truth Quotes - Page 123

Insofar as it is true, the idea that our actions or beliefs are merely one link in a causal link that runs back to the beginning of the universe is making a trivial claim. Insofar as it is saying something profound, the claim is untrue.

I, therefore, for one, cannot see my way to accepting the agnostic rules for truth-seeking, or wilfully agree to keep my willing nature out of the game. I cannot do so for this plain reason, that a rule of thinking which would absolutely prevent me from acknowledging certain kinds of truth if those kinds of truth were really there, would be an irrational rule.

It does not come to me in quite so direct a line as that; it takes a bend or two, but nothing of consequence. The stream is as good as at first; the little rubbish it collects in the turnings is easily moved away.

One thing I've learnt through writing is this: with everything in life, you have to look down deep into your heart! That fact is true with all things! If you have Jesus inside, He will give you all you need to say, and all the actions you need to do! It's not mere imagination the things I write; they are composed from the words lit up inside of me, from my Creator, who made all things bright!

Life is a one-way journey to be enjoyed, so enjoy the beauty of the present moment with all your heart.

She had always told herself that she did hti job because she wanted to help others; afterall, hadn't Maurice told her once that the most important question any individual could ask was, "How might I serve?" If her response to that question had been pure, surely she would have coninued with the calling to be a nurse.... But that role hadn't been quite enough for her. She would have missed the excitement, the thrill when she embarked on the work of collecting clues to support a case.

The human body, like the human mind, is best at versatility and adaptability. This is our greatest skill and our greatest chance to unlock natural potential. What that means in terms of physical movement is that a fairly equal amount of time and effort should be allocated to the widest possible range of activity. That includes strength, flexibility, precision and endurance, but it certainly doesn’t stop there.

Knowledge shall set the mind free.

The planet was being destroyed by manufacturing processes, and what was being manufactured was lousy, by and large.

When you are giving, your mind grows wings of joy to fly.

When you give without expectation, you will always have more to give away.

A bitter reality of truth can be wisely told in a sweet tale of lullaby.

İnsanoğlu nedense anlayamadığı şeylere kötülemeye meyilli.

A mistake isn’t a mistake unless it can’t be put right.

The Truth burns the heart like a hammer breaking a rock.

Truth has to be given in riddles. People can't take truth if it comes charging at them like a bull. The bull is always killed. You have to give people the truth in a riddle, hide it so they go looking for it and find it piece by piece; that way they learn to live with it.

When the voice of truth rises from the minarets, the Buddha smiles, and the broken chain of history reconnects.

There is no good day or a bad day, but our perception makes it so.

I died last night. Seventy years too young.

Much like humans, opinions come in all shapes and forms, but in the end, they are just what they are; and may yet still be categorized in nature. The first you might say is the Indoctrinal, which is, of course, dictated by community and necessity, by the human need for acceptance; secondly, there is the Personal, and this is often dictated by individuality, by the yearning to seem interesting and intelligent, or free, or special; and lastly comes the Emotional. This is most commonly dictated by circumstance and bitterness and excitement. However, rarely do we find the case in which any of these are dictated by reason in the pure state: it is by this we see that at the core of a number of false opinions lies not always misinformation but quite often some issue of the human self.

The passion for truth is silenced by answers which have the weight of undisputed authority.

Lots of men think that women should tell the truth, explain their feelings. These men should use their wishes more wisely. (Prepare To Die!, p.27)

Is it true that man was once perfectly pure and innocent, and that he became degenerate by disobedience? No. The real truth is, and the history of man shows, that he has advanced. Events, like the pendulum of a clock have swung forward and backward, but after all, man, like the hands, has gone steadily on. Man is growing grander. He is not degenerating. Nations and individuals fail and die, and make room for higher forms. The intellectual horizon of the world widens as the centuries pass. Ideals grow grander and purer; the difference between justice and mercy becomes less and less; liberty enlarges, and love intensifies as the years sweep on. The ages of force and fear, of cruelty and wrong, are behind us and the real Eden is beyond. It is said that a desire for knowledge lost us the Eden of the past; but whether that is true or not, it will certainly give us the Eden of the future.

Truth has nothing to do with words. Truth can be likened to the bright moon in the sky. Words, in this case, can be likened to a finger. The finger can point to the moon’s location. However, the finger is not the moon. To look at the moon, it is necessary to gaze beyond the finger.

Emancipation from suffering is your birthright.

If words are the truth, what is living for?

Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.

Failure to find the truth is perhaps an intellectual defeat, but failure to look for the truth is an intellectual surrender.

All good things remain forever for it is God's plan for all eternity! Alleluia! Amen!

Nothing satisfy the soul than the Truth.

Thou art sore troubled in mind for the people in the world’s sake: loves thou that people better than he that made them?

I said once that lies have no rights against truth. I was wrong. In daily life, it's the truth that's disenfranchised. What fits the popular narrative, what makes an observer happy with the consistency of events, is what is believed.

If when you think of yourself, you think only of your physical body –even if you are physically fit and firm, at your ideal weight with beautiful hair, eyes or lips- if that is how you gauge your success, you are mistaken

People need to understand that not everyone is out to hurt you. There are still some great people in this world. Do not allow yourself to believe that everyone is up to no good. Just because you have encountered some rude people along the way, doesn't mean that everyone is that way. When it comes to matters of the heart, Know which bridges to cross and which ones to burn.

God may create us but we Define

Eyes shows lies.

The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.

Let us see each other not through the eyes but through the heart and feel the joy of love.

Identifying someone by his, or her, outward appearance is often the first and most common error in the world

Tiffany was on the whole quite a truthful person, but it seemed to her that there were times when things didn’t divide easily into ‘true’ and ‘false’, but instead could be ‘things that people needed to know at the moment’ and ‘things that they didn’t need to know at the moment’.

[novan]: bassists are very good with their fingers[novan]: and some of us sing backup vocals, so that means we're good with our mouths too...(~ IM chat with Novan Chang, 18, bassist)

He stood and stepped up behind her. Why not? It's the truth. I like spending time with you. You're strong, beautiful and brave. What more could a man ask for?

For an illuminated life, give yourself up for the service of others.

The death of a lesser man is the death of all those who believe themselves to be greater.

As you grow wiser, so does your personality.

Make mistakes often without remorse or fear. You will gain experience and will be a winner.

Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will. But then again, if you don't imagine, nothing ever happens at all

Happiness is an inner perception, not a defined destination.

Truth is hard-hearted and unrelenting, too clear, precise; a lie is much more imaginative.

One good thing about love, when it touches you, time stands still.

There isn't any questioning the fact that some people enter your life, at the exact point of need, want or desire - it's sometimes a coincendence and most times fate, but whatever it is, I am certain it came to make me smile.

People are afraid of knowledge that is not yet theirs.

Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.

Happiness is an inner perception, not an outer realistic conception.

It’s my life and I’m not afraid to LIVE it! I would rather experience the ups and downs of a life I have chosen, than to suffer the regret of a life I have settled for.

We are more than the person who wakes each day. We are the dreams of the previous night and the nightmares of the week before.

Why the law of our forefathers are brought to nought, and the written covenants come to none effect-

Most people live lives that are full of mysteries, lives whose ultimate purpose we may never really understand. But for the sake of serenity, we must believe in life’s nobleness.

We create ourselves endlessly.

You must never, at any rate, lend yourself to the wrong, in any form, which you condemn.