It seems as if, for every dragon head that is lopped off, two more terrible appear. Seems so. But in truth, Life is gaining all the while. Brute force, such power as there seems to be in things, cannot stand against ideas which are eternal.
Error is always more busy than truth.
The opposite of a fact is falsehood, but the opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
In Israel, there's a lot to learn from anyone, because to live there you've got to deal with the truth. Things happen real fast. Your day goes from cool to catastrophic in one second. Israelis know that the cafe you're in could blow up, or the shopping mall, and they rock that.
Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
You know, the truth is that us actors would all like to believe we re-invent the wheel, every time we play a character. But, we're human beings and our instruments are not violins, they are our bodies and our consciousness and our collective life experience.
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.
As I've said, I've been advised not to get into the specifics out there. Is there some truth out there? Yes. Is there a lot of falsehood out there? Absolutely.
We are learning more about the humanity of the unborn child. Science and truth support the prolife movement.
The single-hearted unity is the lifeblood of Juche Korea and the dynamic force for a leap forward, and we must invariably follow the road of self-reliance and self-development - this is the invaluable truth of the Juche revolution confirmed by our army's and people's gigantic struggle in 2016.
Unfortunately, writing and reporting the truth is not allowed under Castro's tyrannical dictatorship.
Only by a frank discussion of the very details of dying can we best deal with those aspects that frighten us the most. It is by knowing the truth... that we rid ourselves of that fear of the terra incognita of death.
There's no truth anymore.
Not all artists have a responsibility to be socially or politically aware, but they do have a responsibility to make great art. They have to find some truth and put that in their music.
Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
There's a lot of other movies I like, but I don't even pay attention to directors to tell you the truth.
I think it will be found that experience, the true source and foundation of all knowledge, invariably confirms its truth.
In order to dream, you need to have a springboard which is the facts... It gives it that touch of reality, and I think that's quite important... truth with fiction.
I will always tell the truth and do what I said I would do.
First and last, what is demanded of genius is love of truth.
Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.
Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.
Truth is a pain which will not stop. And the truth of this world is to die. You must choose: either dying or lying. Personally, I have never been able to kill myself.
With the wacky jokes that we do on 'Great News,' you do overall still want to be coming from a place of truth with your character because, otherwise, it's just off the walls.
Truth is by nature self-evident. As soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe untruth to avoid guilt.
In 1795, I sent him another letter, telling him, that danger still stood before us, and that the truth of what I had written in 1792 was to be proved by 12 men.
When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
For great is truth, and shall prevail.
It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.
It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging, time for working on either a book or an article - I've written two articles in the last four months for the New York Times book review section.
Nobody speaks the truth when there is something they must have.
I want a language that speaks the truth.
A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.
If we were to abandon concern for what is true, what is false, and what remains indeterminate, the world would be totally chaotic. Even those who deny the importance of truth, on the one hand, are quick to jump on anyone who is caught lying.
