She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths which have only recently begun to be seen in Europe and seem even now too great for its common intelligence.
I can't remember who it was who advocated that you should march with the left and dine with the right but I've often concurred, taking the view that I personify the great tolerance of Britain by consenting to being regally entertained. Besides, there...
I have followed holiness, I have taught truth, and I have been most in the main things; not that I thought the things concerning our times little, but that I thought none could do anything to purpose in God's great and public matters, till they were ...
The difference between a man who is great and one who isn't, has absolutely nothing to do with one having more potential than the other. Rather, the truth is that one made the bold decision to introduce his potential to the light of reality, and the ...
The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of inte...
In this nonfundamentalist understanding of faith, practice is more important than theory, love more important than law, and mystery is seen as an insight into truth rather than an obstacle. It is the great lie of our time that all religious faith has...
My feelings are not God. God is God. My feelings do not define truth. God’s word defines truth. My feelings are echoes and responses to what my mind perceives. And sometimes - many times - my feelings are out of sync with the truth. When that happe...
I have, and always will, respect people that keep it real no matter what. Most people say “Just keep it real with me,” but the fact of the matter is this: Most people can’t handle the truth, don’t want to accept the truth, deny the truth, or ...
Stingo: Sophie, I want to understand. I'd like to know the truth. Sophie: The truth does not make it easier to understand, you know. I mean, you think that you find out the truth about me, and then you'll understand me. And then you would forgive me ...
The wise man says "I am looking for truth"; and the fool, "I have found truth."
Curmudgeons speak up because they to, because it’s become critically important for them to tell the truth as they see it. Telling the truth is as natural to them now as when they were children. The fact that no one cares to listen is inconsequentia...
Growth is achieved when truth is revealed.
When the truth is dispensed it is for the good of all, always.
The greatest enemy to fear is truth.
What is a truth and what is a lie? Is truth the mutually accepted part of a lie, or is lie a mutually denied part of truth?
Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.
my truth is laughing at me. others are just false for me.
my truth is laughing at me. other are just false to me.
What happens is fact, not truth. Truth is what we think about what happens.
Don't confine truth to fact. Imaginative truth is as powerful, and often enough, more so than fact.
Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST.
