975 private quotes tagged truth

“Any truth is better than indefinite doubt.” — Arthur Conan Doyle

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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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“Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.” — James Russell Lowell

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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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“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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“There is no truth. There is only perception.” — Gustave Flaubert

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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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“There is a tragic clash between Truth and the world. Pure undistorted truth burns up the world.” — Nikolai Berdyaev

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

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“We were talking about the space between us all and the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion. Never glimpse the truth - then it's far too late when they pass away.” — George Harrison

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“When you're caught up in the storm or, you know, just the turmoil of everything that there is another side and you do get through it. And you know, just standing by the truth and doing the right thing.” — Amber Frey

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“Defending the truth is not something one does out of a sense of duty or to allay guilt complexes, but is a reward in itself.” — Simone de Beauvoir

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“I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.” — Simone de Beauvoir

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“Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive.” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

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“The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.” — Peter Abelard

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“Ideas are, in truth, force.” — Henry James

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“Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of art - or almost the only stuff.” — David Herbert Lawrence

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“Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.” — Richard Bach

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“The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.” — Simone Weil

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“I left in love, in laughter, and in truth, and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit.” — Bill Hicks

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“The Pledge of Allegiance reflects the truth that faith in God has played a significant role in America since the days of the founding of our country.” — Randy Neugebauer

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“A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.” — Joseph Addison

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“Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.” — Clarence Darrow

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“There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation.” — John Ruskin

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“It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.” — Oprah Winfrey

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