To understand Jesus when he stated that he was the way, the truth and the life, one must first recognize his manner of a walk and believe firmly that his manner is true.
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.
Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods." [Preface to (1794)]
But if it was always a point of speculation, where one person insisted it was a certain way and another denied it, how would anyone ever hold on to the truth?
What better way to oppose the monopolisation of truth and meaning than to go in search of their foundations within one’s own psyche?
We would all believe in God if he served our every whim. Belief is not about an easy life or even truth. Belief is something you have regardless.
The moment you tell someone else is the moment you become a whiner and the world’s smallest violin starts to play. The truth is, we all have problems.
…the work of the (Muslim Sufi) dervish community was to open the heart, explore the mystery of union, to fiercely search for and try to say the truth, and to celebrate the glory and difficulty in being in human incarnation.
Life's most obvious truths are the hardest to see but once you've burned everything to the ground they are the only things left standing. André Chevalier
Awakening is not a journey of discovering a distant land or a coveted secret, but rather, it is a journey of surrendering to what has always been present but shrouded in illusion and disillusion.
The truth is revealed when you are ready to receive it when you need it in order to move forward to take the next step in your journey. to move on toward your destiny.
A statement of truth, and that is: Everything I have accomplished is Thanks to the Lord above, and without him my success would have been impossible.
Against delay. Against the way that seems easier. Against refusal of the burden that is laid on me. Against - well, if it must be said, against trust in the strength and truth of Men.
I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one's erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death.
Truth to tell, I'm right proud of Glory. She's standing up for what she believes is right. All of us should lead our children to do that, don't you know?
As much as salvation is a free gift, the truth is that keeping salvation comes with a price; you must live by God's law through Jesus Christ.
No matter how much we ask after the truth, self-awareness is often unpleasant. We do not feel kindly toward the Truthsayer.
Knowing higher truths ensure that we have a larger perspective where all other things fall in place or start making sense.
When we realize the truth that every creation is an individualized portion of the Creator and we are always one with It then we are ready to live in harmony.
There is no exception to this rule: "All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant." They say there is no rule without an exception, but there is an exception to that rule.
A false-statement requires deceit and distortion for someone to buy it, but a truthful-statement sells itself.
