Art does not exist only to entertain -- but also to challenge one to think, to provoke, even to disturb, in a constant search for the truth.
Readers love fantasy, but we need horror. Smart horror. Truthful horror. Horror that helps us make sense of a cruelly senseless world.
Many people find bald, unvarnished truths so disturbing, they prefer to ram their heads in the sand and start dreaming at the first sign of scientific reality.
On a deep almost preconscious level we know, not with our minds but deep in our hearts the truth of the words, love never ends.
In a world of full of manipulation, half-truths and lies, the conspiracy theory is often a safer bet than the official story.
The truth is sometimes a poor competitor in the market place of ideas – complicated, unsatisfying, full of dilemmas, always vulnerable to misinterpretation and abuse.
The main engagement of the writer is towards truthfulness; therefore he must keep his mind and his judgement free.
With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay alive.
We are suffocated by writers who want to enlighten us with their truths. For me, the theatre is beautiful because it is a secret, and secrets seduce us, we all want to share secrets.
A thousand times I was ready to regret and take back my rash statement - yet it had been the truth.
Memory is a sly devil that pretends to wear the cloak of truth, but deceives us both in our youth and our age.
Questers of the truth, that’s who dogs are; seekers after the invisible scent of another being’s authentic core.
You have always known they exist. Everyone feels their presence. Few know the truth. The world of Real Immortals is about to be revealed!
The facts about our past are powerless against the blood of Jesus and the Truth of His Word.
. . . there is a wish in the heart of mankind to be distracted and confused. Truth is but one attraction, and not always the most powerful.
Short, successful military adventures are as effective as the Super Bowl in diverting people's attention from unpleasant truths.
The mainstream media is really the key, the gatekeeper. It effectively ensures that truth stays in the dark, and lies and distractions remain in the bright lights of public interest.
Does not people's preoccupation these days with drugs, alcohol, medication and self deception prove that the truth not only hurts, but it is torture to bear?
All of us are living with dogmas that we accept as truths. When one of these is overturned, there's an initial gasp, soon followed by a rush of exhilaration.
The Devil fights from behind barricades of linguistic complexity, but the war of words will be won by those armed only with simplistic truths
Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things.
