All Quotes By Tag: Truth

“Today I bent the truth to be kind, and I have no regret, for I am far surer of what is kind than I am of what is true.”

“Such a simple concept, yet so true: that which we manifest is before us; we are the creators of our own destiny. Be it through intention or ignorance, our successes and our failures have been brought on by none other than ourselves.”

“The best gifts come from the heart, not the store.”

“Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.”

“If you’re not gonna tell the truth, then why start talking?”

“I’ve nothing against people who love truth. Apart from the fact that they make dull companions.”

“A thing can be true and still be desperate folly, Hazel.”

“Life moves very fast. It rushes from Heaven to Hell in a matter of seconds.”

“More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren’t so busy denying them”

“What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.”

“Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which is soars to the truth.”

“Live, you say, in the present;Live only in the present.But I don’t want the present, I want reality;I want things that exist, not time that measures them.What is the present?It’s something relative to the past and the future.It’s a thing that exists in virtue of other things existing.I only want reality, things without the present.I don’t want to include time in my scheme.I don’t want to think about things as present; I want to think of them as things.I don’t want to separate them from themselves, treating them as present.I shouldn’t even treat them as real.I should treat them as nothing.I should see them, only see them;See them till I can’t think about them.See them without time, without space,To see, dispensing with everything but what you see.And this is the science of seeing, which isn’t a science.”

“Since the beginning of the world, a prayer is a prayer and a curse is a curse– no matter the people– no matter the language– Man has given a thousand different namesto his god, but look into the face of each one– long enough– hard enough– You will find one truth.”

“The man stopped talking and was looking at the sunset.But what does someone who hates and loves want with a sunset?”

“But no. There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.”