975 private quotes tagged truth

“I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.” — Jesus Christ

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“The essence of humanity's spiritual dilemma is that we evolved genetically to accept one truth and discovered another. Is there a way to erase the dilemma, to resolve the contradictions between the transcendentalist and the empiricist world views?” — E. O. Wilson

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“There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be.” — Charles Pierce

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“I believe in God, family, truth between people, the power of love.” — Michael Landon

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“But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.” — Vanessa Kerry

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“When you stretch the truth, watch out for the snapback.” — Bill Copeland

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“Truth lives, in fact, for the most part on a credit system. Our thoughts and beliefs pass, so long as nothing challenges them, just as bank-notes pass so long as nobody refuses them.” — William James

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“Tell the truth, but tell it slant.” — Emily Dickinson

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“Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality.” — Chuck Palahniuk

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“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.” — Stephen King

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“I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.” — George Canning

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“The truth is, I'm proud of the life I've lived so far, and though I've made my share of mistakes, I have no regrets.” — Carly Fiorina

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“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth - anonymously and posthumously.” — Thomas Sowell

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“Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.” — Kris Kristofferson

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“To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.” — Bill Maher

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“It does not require many words to speak the truth.” — Chief Joseph

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“There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.” — Charles Dickens

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“Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie.” — Paul Scott

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“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.” — Robert Brault

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“Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.” — Ellen DeGeneres

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“As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.” — Henry Rollins

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“I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.” — Pietro Aretino

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“Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.” — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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“Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.” — Thomas Becket

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“Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.” — Natalie Goldberg

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