The mind which is alert, watchful, which is free of fear, is an innocent mind; and it is only the innocent mind that can understand reality, truth or God. —Jiddu Krishnamurti in Think on These Things More about this quote Tags: truth understanding reality God mindfulness fear innocence Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole. —Malcolm X More about this quote Tags: justice honesty truth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. —Ralph Waldo Emerson More about this quote Tags: truth power self-reliance integrity Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Because children see parents as authority figures and gods, they think that the way you treat them is the way they deserve to be treated: “What you say about me is what I am” is a literal truth to your child. Consequently, when children are treated with respect, they conclude that they deserve respect and hence develop self-respect. —Stephanie Marston More about this quote Tags: truth children parents influence authority respect Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If art can reveal the truth, art can also lie. An artist can be not only divinely inspired, but diabolically inspired. —George Bernard Shaw More about this quote Tags: truth evil art divine Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. —Frederick Douglass More about this quote Tags: truth self-hatred Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I can deal with anything, as long as I know it’s the truth. It’s the lies that are hard. —Jennifer Laurens in Penitence More about this quote Tags: truth lies coping Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The path to the truth is found in the spaces between the lies. —Rain Bojangles More about this quote Tags: truth lies Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. —Samuel Butler More about this quote Tags: truth lies foolishness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Facts are the enemy of truth. —Miguel de Cervantes More about this quote Tags: truth reality knowledge facts metaphor Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true. —James T. Farrell More about this quote Tags: truth USA America Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Justice is truth in action. —Benjamin Disraeli More about this quote Tags: justice truth action Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The truth is, we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless. —Woodrow Wilson More about this quote Tags: truth economics emotion Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The truth hurts, sometimes, I suppose. But that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be known. —Trisha Leigh in Summer Ruins More about this quote Tags: truth knowledge Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is always the best policy to speak the truth—unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. —Jerome K. Jerome More about this quote Tags: truth lying Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email