But, said Lewis, myths are lies, even though lies breathed through silver. No, said Tolkien, they are not. ...just as speech is invention about objects and ideas, so myth is invention about truth. We have come from God (continued Tolkien), and inevit...
It appeared clear to me - partly because of the lies that filled my history textbooks - that the intent of formal education was to inculcate obedience to a social order that did not deserve my loyalty. Defiance seemed the only dignified response to t...
Demons run when a good man goes to war. Night will fall and drown the sun, When a good man goes to war. Friendship dies and true love lies, Night will fall and the dark will rise, When a good man goes to war. Demons run, but count the cost. The battl...
The only lies that are true are the ones that you believe.
CORE ADORE Our true worth lies in our character, not in our accomplishments
Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories.
Your true beauty lies in your heart. By all means let the world be inspired by it through your decisions and actions.
At this time of year it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity - the lies, the corruption, the abuse.
There are words, which should leave unspoken, and the true value of a man lies in the words the he has for not saying.
True freedom lies within how and if we choose to fly, Perhaps I need to focus on flying,
True alchemy lies in this formula: ‘Your memory and your senses are but the nourishment of your creative impulse’.
My only true harmony lies deep within my soul, wherever that is. I know that somehow I am in tune with the universe.
The true exercise of freedom is - cannily and wisely and with grace - to move inside what space confines - and not seek to know what lies beyond and cannot be touched or tasted.
The challenge - and much of the fun - of writing in an established future history lies in incorporating new knowledge while remaining true to what has gone before. Expanding and enriching, not contradicting.
You can never tell how much drive that lies in you until you discover your true passion in life.
true monument lies not on the shelves of libraries, but in the thoughts of men, and in the history of more than one science. { }
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.
The true miracle lies in our eagerness to allow, appreciate, and honor the uniqueness, and freedom of each sentient being to sing the song of their heart.
And isn't that the tragedy of love, it's utter and complete deceit, that you can only be true in it, that you only wish to reveal your full truth to the one you love, with no frills and no lies, that you want to be loved as you are? That you wish to ...
In love, nothing exists between heart and heart. Speech is born out of longing, True description from the real taste. The one who tastes, knows; the one who explains, lies. How can you describe the true form of Something In whose presence you are blo...
I asked her what a true story was because I thought that all stories were made up. She said a true story was called fact, and a made-up story was called ficton. Auntie May said a made-up story is a bit like telling lies, only the people who read them...
