All Quotes By Tag: Truth
“There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world.”
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“I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil.And that no one knows the truth.”
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“How much truth does a spirit endure, how much truth does it dare?”
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“There’s no such thing as `one, true way’; the only answers worth having are the ones you find for yourself; leave the world better than you found it. Love, freedom, and the chance to do some good — they’re the things worth living and dying for, and if you aren’t willing to die for the things worth living for, you might as well turn in your membership in the human race.”
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“I really like you better aimless and lost among people, a little crazy, oddball, not looking like yourself. So that I don’t know you at all and the nearer I get to you the more you separate yourself from me– I get dizzy trying to follow you and I have to work really hard– and that’s what I want!”
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“Once war becomes a clash of absolutes, there is no breathing room for mercy. Absolute truth is blind truth.”
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“The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue …”
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“The truth brings no man a fortune.”
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“The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable.”
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“[novan]: bassists are very good with their fingers[novan]: and some of us sing backup vocals, so that means we’re good with our mouths too…(~ IM chat with Novan Chang, 18, bassist)”
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“A mother’s heart is a vast and glorious thing. My mother’s heart was expansive, having been enlarged by suffering and years of clinging to Jesus while being misunderstood, dismissed, and judged by those she loved most. Me included. It had cost her to love, had cost her much to mother. It always does. But she would tell you that it’s worth it, that there is no other way.”
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“Miles and years become suddenly invisible when you find yourself back where you started from, as if you’ve learned nothing and you are once again the person you once were.”
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“If you like someone, you tell the truth because that, to me, is respect. If you hate someone, you tell them the truth because what do you have to lose?”
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“Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult….Examine your words well, and you will find that even when you have no motive to be false, it is a very hard thing to say the exact truth, even about your own immediate feelings — much harder than to say something fine about them which is not the exact truth.”
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“Don’t ever trust men with good intentions. They’ll always disappoint you.”Leo”
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