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The truth of the matter is that
you always know the right thing to do.
The hard part is doing it.
- Norman Schwarzkoff
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Use the power of your word
in the direction of truth and love.
- don Miguel Ruiz 
The words of truth are always paradoxical.
- Lao Tzu
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Thank You,
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth.
- George Bernard Shaw
The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing,
and should be treated with caution.
- J. K. Rowling
This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous
The water in a vessel is sparkling;
the water in the sea is dark.
The small truth has words which are clear;
the great truth has great silence.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.
Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
- Oscar Wilde
Truth is not defined by
how many people believe something.
Ask. Question. Think.
Decide - for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
ANYONE may become a revealer of Truth
who lives in close contact with the indwelling God.
- Ernest Holmes
There are trivial truths and there are great truths.
The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false.
The opposite of a great truth is also true.
- Niels Bohr
God, as Truth, has been for me a treasure beyond price.
May He be so to every one of us.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Our actions are constrained by fear of reprisal,
but our dreams reveal our true character.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth;
not going all the way, and not starting.
- The Buddha
In all of his bestsellers, the Divine has told the truth,
custom-tailored to the comprehension of the times.
- Ernest Holmes
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement.
But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
- Niels Bohr
We must be ready to learn from one another,
not claiming that we alone possess all truth
and that somehow we have a corner on God.
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment.
It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
- Rabindranath Tagore
The problem with making assumptions
is that we believe they are the truth
- don Miguel Ruiz
Men occasionally stumble over the truth,
but most of them pick themselves up
and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
- Winston Churchill
I am committed to truth, not consistency.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
The truth is a snare:
you cannot have it, without being caught.
You cannot have the truth
in such a way that you catch it,
but only in such a way that it catches you.
- Soren Kierkegaard
Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand
with a grip that kills it.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters
cannot be trusted in large ones either.
- Albert Einstein
Whoever undertakes to set himself up
as a judge of Truth and Knowledge
is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.
- Albert Einstein
Love is not a mere sentiment.
Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Three things cannot be long hidden:
the sun, the moon, and the truth.
- The Buddha
Beyond a doubt, truth bears the same relation
to falsehood as light to darkness.
- Leonardo da Vinci
The truth is incontrovertible,
malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it,
but in the end; there it is.
- Winston Churchill
In matters of truth and justice,
there is no difference between large and small problems,
for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.
- Albert Einstein
We are not afraid to follow truth
wherever it may lead,
nor to tolerate any error
so long as reason is left free to combat it.
- Thomas Jefferson
We tell the real truth of our life
by the stories we repeatedly tell.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Everything deep is also simple
and can be reproduced simply
as long as its reference
to the whole truth is maintained.
But what matters is not what is witty
but what is true.
- Albert Schweitzer
To kill an error is as good a service as,
and sometimes even better than,
the establishing of a new truth or fact.
- Charles Darwin
The truth is like a scalpel. The truth is painful.
- don Miguel Ruiz
It's essential to tell the truth at all times.
This will reduce life's pain.
Lying distorts reality.
All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.
- John Bradshaw
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth,
and if a man does not know what a thing is,
it is at least an increase in knowledge
if he knows what it is not.
- Carl Jung
There's a world of difference between truth and facts.
Facts can obscure truth.
- Maya Angelou
Believe those who are seeking the truth.
Doubt those who find it.
- Andre Gide
The false can never grow into truth by growing in power.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Morality is the basis of things
and truth is the substance of all morality.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
If you shut the door to all errors,
truth will be shut out.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Love is the ultimate meaning of everything around us.
Love is not a mere sentiment.
Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Truth is certainly a branch of morality
and a very important one to society.
- Thomas Jefferson
Love is like the truth,
sometimes it prevails,
sometimes it hurts.
- Victor M. Garcia Jr.
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie.
I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave.
And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
- H.L. Mencken
An error does not become truth
by reason of multiplied propagation,
nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
He who knows nothing is closer to the truth
than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.
- Thomas Jefferson
What people believe prevails over the truth.
- Sophocles
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
- Henry David Thoreau
The presence of those seeking the truth
is infinitely to be preferred
to the presence of those who think they've found it.
- Terry Pratchett
We occasionally stumble over the truth
but most of us pick ourselves up and
hurry off as if nothing had happened.
- Winston Churchill
We should not pretend to understand the world
only by the intellect.
The judgment of the intellect
is only part of the truth.
- Carl Jung
Begin to act from your dominion.
Declare the truth by telling yourself
that there is nothing to be afraid of,
that you no longer entertain any images of fear.
- Ernest Holmes
The pursuit of truth does not permit violence on one's opponent.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
If you wish to see the truth,
then hold no opinion for or against.
- Osho
Truth cannot be defined,
although it can certainly be experienced.
But experience is not a definition.
A definition is made by the mind,
experience comes through participating.
If somebody asks, "What is a dance?" how can you define it?
But you can dance and you can know the inner feel of it.
God is the ultimate dance.
- Osho
Truth never damages a cause that is just.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Truth is not only violated by falsehood;
it may be equally outraged by silence.
- Henri Frederic Amiel
Facts are many, but the truth is one.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Be Impeccable With Your Word.
Speak with integrity.
Say only what you mean.
Avoid using your word to speak against yourself
or to gossip about others.
Use the power of your word
in the direction of truth and love.
- don Miguel Ruiz
You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.
- Maimonides
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
- Ludwig Boerne
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact.
Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.
- Marcus Aurelius
Non-violence and truth are inseparable and presuppose one another.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
If you have found your truth within yourself
there is nothing more in this whole existence to find.
- Osho
Half a truth is often a great lie.
- Benjamin Franklin
Even the truth, when believed, is a lie.
You must experience the truth, not believe it.
- Werner Erhard
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters
cannot be trusted with important matters.
- Albert Einstein
With manners comes insincerity.
Truth is sometimes difficult.
- Bono
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