Truth Quotes - Page 163

It's easy to waste too many words—and too much energy—on nonsense we don't even care about. What a relief it is to start giving time and energy to what matters most (whatever that is for you). We choose what gets our attention. Why not choose things that are worthy of it?When he chose only to speak about things he absolutely believed, knew to be true, or really cared about, he was delighted by how much less talking he needed to do.

If I have found favor in thy sight, and if it be possible, and if I be meet therefore, shew me then whether there be more to come than is past, or more past than is to come.

Once upon a time in the land of Shinar, God came down to see the city and the tower. People were united and spoke in one language. Then God confound their language and caused them scattered all over the planet earth. I believe, because of our technology, there will be one computer-based language on earth. Then God will come back again and make us all scattered all over the stars constellation.

A great truth wants to be criticized not idolized

Persistence is the pillar of success.

A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her dignity.

A smile is the prettiest dance of your soul.

Plant the seeds of trust and compassionMake caring and sharing a life's missionHold hand with dreams of greatness Peace will grow with beauty and fragrance.

The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs raw truth, wants your suffering and darkness on the table, revels in a cutting mind that takes no prisoners...

(Evolution) general condition to which all theories, all hypotheses, all systems must bow and which they must satisfy henceforward if they are to be thinkable and true. Evolution is a light which illuminates all facts, a curve that all lines must follow.

There is nothing ordinary in life because life itself is mystical, magical, and extraordinary.

At times there's something so precise and mathematically chilling about nationalism.Build a dam to take away water AWAY from 40 million people. Build a dam to pretend to BRING water to 40 million people. Who are these gods that govern us? Is there no limit to their powers?

Before you give up, let the hope shine again.

Every falling leaf reminds me that I too will soon be separated from these trees. Trying to capture freedom is like trying to catch a falling leaf. Occasionally you may grab one out of the air and hold it in your hands, but now what?

Through the reading of popular scientific books I soon reached the conviction that much in the stories of the Bible could not be true. The consequence was a positively fanatic orgy of freethinking coupled with the impression that youth is intentionally being deceived by the state through lies; it was a crushing impression. Mistrust of every kind of authority grew out of this experience, a skeptical attitude toward the convictions that were alive in any specific social environment - an attitude that has never again left me.- Albert Einstein, Autobiographical Notes, edited by Paul Arthur Schilpp

Good bones of Bonesville," Sherlock Bones said. "If you know what you fear, you'll fear it less.

A make believe life doesn't win friends and influence people. It bores the crap out of those living the dream.

Love everyone because everyone is your kin and this universe is your home.

Failure is a fuel for excuses.

This is not the first time that the world has been in a mess but you are still God, you left us on the earth, not only to preach in a building but to be the church beyond the buildings.

Even today, I've no idea what the truth is, or what I did with it.

When you praise God in pain, it is preparing you for provision.

She told me she loved me. She told me a lot of things. Some of those things were true, and some of those may or may not have been true. It’s kind of hard to tell, because to be honest, I wasn’t listening.

There are many forms of tyrants, but there are none so terrible as those stifling their own people in the name of freedom.

The statement that 'abortions is a women's choice over her body' is a half-truth, because there are two heart+beats, not one.

Seek for truth,you'll find me;Peek for lies,you'll blind me

He didn't want to play football. He wanted to be told the truth.

You find peace not by looking but by giving.

Truth will never imprison you. Only the repression of your conscience will. This is what is meant by 'THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE'.

Peace is not merely the absence of war or conflict but the presence of tranquility, harmony and love.

Our hope doesn't rest on our finally getting it together. Our hope rests in Jesus. Jesus in us. It's Christ in us, the hope of glory. Paul says, “To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col 1:27). We won't be perfect on this side of heaven. But Jesus is perfect. Always. We are becoming more holy and true. Jesus already is. His name isn't “Becoming.” It is “I Am.” Perfection isn't the goal. Jesus is.

Everyone was always in such a rush to shoot forward that they never took the time to look back. Which was a mistake. If you wanted to avoid snags, kinks, knots, and cuts, you had to "keep your mind on your line," as the saying went.

For a great life a road map of life is more important than the journey itself.

Happiness is not an experience, but the essence of experience.

It is not right to walk alone on the golden road of truth! Enlighten as many people as you can and walk with them!

I read somewhere that every life is the story of a single mistake, and then what happens after.

but even if true belief about matters of importance is of intrinsic value, it does not follow that the value of truth should always trump every other value with which it might compete.

The truth shall set your soul free.

Voice in the nightA voice whispered to me last night: 'There is no such thing as a voice whispering in the night!

Peace is a dreamland. Peace is in my imagination.Peace is in my heart. Peace is in my mind forming a singing band. Peace is my best friendalways holding my hand.Peace is the only battle I am fighting for with the power of my love.

Anyone can find the dirt on someone, but very few can wipe it from their own shoes.

When you speak of my insanity, please let it be with the beauty only art knows. Let it bleed till it becomes creativity and maybe, just maybe, for that single moment my soul will finally be adorned in its own skin.

People sometimes talk about the power of first impressions, and believe me, there is truth to it.

Half-truths only added up to a whole lie.

The sum of a person's life is not determined by one action. It is what you do with the time you are given that matters.

Joy is a gift of life, so fill your life with joy and then give it away.

It had to be a trick or you couldn't have done it.

We have to begin giving them the whole truth about premarital sex and the difficulties it can cause.

If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.

Remember, Pia," he whispers. "Perfect is as perfect does.

Love harmony and peace everywhere.It is our hope for our great future.

Art-making is not about telling the truth but making the truth felt

By studying, understanding and do the wills of the book, you renounce your mortal life.

The most important duty of a person is to love himself wholeheartedly.

A women can run, hide, play and have fun but she will shine far better when she just smiles without none.

If you're brave enough to follow truth it will shatter you and your illusions at the same time.

Not that it mattered though. The truth seldom ever did in the face of a juicy lie.

I'm not insincere. I just don't care, that's all.

I knew then that I would devote every minute we had left together to making her happy, to repairing the pain I had caused her and returning to her what I never known how to give her. These pages will be our memory until she drows her last breath in my arms and I take her forever and escape at last to a place where neither heaven nor hell will ever be able to find us.

Unconditional love and forgiveness are the sources of eternal happiness.