Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths
My truths do not last long in me. Not as long as those that are not mine.
Truths that wake To perish never
After I removed all the cultural coatings and traditions that disguise each religion, I discovered the soul to be the same in all of them. Therefore, it is hard for me to say I am just one, when my heart recognizes the truths in them all.
What is happiness to me is not necessarily for you. Someone once said, there are three truths: your truth, my truth and the truth. And I think that's true.
The cruelest lies are often told without a word The kindest truths are often spoken, never heard
Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.
There are more truths in a good book than its author meant to put in it.
The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths.
The primary ambition of Nietzsche's critique of knowledge is. . . to demonstrate that 'truths' are fictions masking moral commitments.
Official truths are often powerful illusions.
God has given us speech in order that we may say pleasant things to our friends, and tell bitter truths to our enemies.
There are no safe rooms, no safe truths, no safe secrets to tell.
Cynics know the answers without having penetrated deeply enough to know the questions. When challenged by mysterious truths, they marshall 'facts.
Platitudes are generally the oldest and profoundest of truths.
Only the violent acts of men "count" toward something besides evil in a patriarchy. It is the male story of violence that is sanctioned both socially and aesthetically. The male hero and acts of heroism require violence. Everyone is okey dokey with that. We are only beginning to see that constricting set of truths open up a little.
Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.
Half truths were a wonderful way to inspire credibility.
When I hear the deepest truths I speak coming out of my mouth sounding like my mother's, even remembering how I fought against her, I have to reassess both our relationship as well as the sources of my knowing.
Our attitudes, opinions, beliefs and judgments are, simply put, our attitudes, opinions, beliefs and judgments. They are not universal truths.