Quotes on Truth Is

. . . the enemy of righteousness also works in little steps, so small that they are hard to notice if you are thinking only about yourself and how great you are. Just as truth is given to us line upon line and the light brightens slowly as we obey, even so, as we disobey our testimony of truth lessens almost imperceptibly, little by little, and darkness descends so slowly that the proud may easily deny that anything is changing.

The real is near, you do not have to seek it; and a man who seeks truth will never find it. Truth is in what is - and that is the beauty of it. But the moment you conceive it, the moment you seek it, you begin to struggle; and a man who struggles cannot understand. That is why we have to be still, observant, passively aware.

The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.

When thought is in bondage the truth is hidden, for everything is murky and unclear, and the burdensome practice of judging brings annoyance and weariness. What benefit can be derived from distinctions and separations?

You can never argue anyone into the Kingdom of Heaven, you cannot argue anyone anywhere. The only result of arguing is to prove to your own mind that you are right and the other fellow wrong. You cannot argue for truth; but immediately Incarnate Truth is presented, a want awakens in the soul which only God can meet.

The blues aren’t pessimistic. We’re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark.

The truth is that money doesn't make you rich; knowledge does.

Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.

If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.

The truth is, you don't break a bad habit; you replace it with a good one.

In a free society, we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, we are in big trouble.

Just because the truth is unpopular doesn't mean that it should not be proclaimed.

First the truth is ridiculed. Then it meets outrage. Then it is said to have been obvious all along.

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.

The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose. By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

In art, truth is a means to an end; in science, it is the only end.

Truth is the greatest of all national possessions. A state, a people, a system which suppresses the truth or fears to publish it, deserves to collapse.

Torture is senseless violence, born in fear... torture costs human lives but does not save them. We would almost be too lucky if these crimes were the work of savages: the truth is that torture makes torturers.

The truth is that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players.