All Quotes By Tag: Truth

“When two things occur successively we call them cause and effect if we believe one event made the other one happen. If we think one event is the response to the other, we call it a reaction. If we feel that the two incidents are not related, we call it a mere coincidence. If we think someone deserved what happened, we call it retribution or reward, depending on whether the event was negative or positive for the recipient. If we cannot find a reason for the two events’ occurring simultaneously or in close proximity, we call it an accident. Therefore, how we explain coincidences depends on how we see the world. Is everything connected, so that events create resonances like ripples across a net? Or do things merely co-occur and we give meaning to these co-occurrences based on our belief system? Lieh-tzu’s answer: It’s all in how you think.”

“Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected. Every war constitutes an irony of situation because its means are so melodramatically disproportionate to its presumed ends.”

“And yet, sometimes facts are no more than pitiful consequences, because guilt does not reside in our acts but in the intentions that give rise to our act. Everything turns on our intentions.”

“You always know the truth, because when you cut yourself or someone else with it, there’s always a bloody show.”

“You said the other day life was long,’ I shot back. ‘Which is it?’ ‘It’s both,’ she said, shrugging. ‘It all depends on how you choose to live it. It’s like forever, always changing.’Kristy and Macy; p.135”

“Gus and I talk about girls a lot, but we can’t figure them out. They are so confusing. Like, if you look at them, they get mad. And if you don’t look at them, they get mad. And if you’re nice to them, they think you like them. And if you’re mean to them, they think you like them. And if you do like them, they think you hate them.”

“What doesn’t quicken dies. That’s an indisputable truth of life.”

“Speak truth and believe in the power of truth, the more you will believe in yourself, the more you will see the beauty of nature and mother earth.”

“Why could we say more to each other when it counted less?”

“What a bright sunny day, and I don’t know what to say…”

“Smartass Disciple: If there were two masters, which one should I listen to?Master of Stupidity: Use the ears to the one who looks so stupid, eyes to else.”

“Lies do not lie, truth do, In the times of any act lies lie hidden behind.”

“The nasty little apes that call themselves human beings can do nothing except run and hide.”

“What we believe about God is the most important truth we believe, and it’s the one truth that does the most to shape us. God is the Sun too bright for us to see. Jesus is the Prism who makes the colors beautiful and comprehensible.”

“Mother’s particular devils had remained mysterious to me for decades. So had her past. Few born liars ever intentionally embark in truth’s direction, even those who believe that such a journey might axiomatically set them free.”