Truth
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there are people actually a ton of them that will believe a lie than the truth. just plain weird! Continue reading
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“It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.” ~ Ben Bradlee Continue reading
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“Truth is the ultimate end of the whole universe.” – Thomas Aquinas Continue reading
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“There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.” – Leo Tolstoy Continue reading
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“There’s more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.” – John Steinbeck Continue reading
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“The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.” – James Madison Continue reading
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Today’s Quote
“I’ve gotten a lot of comfort from the philosophy of the Roman Stoics. For me, one of the most powerful ideas of Stoicism is that you can’t pick or choose in the world what you want to happen and what you don’t want to happen, and that actually if you did get to choose, the Continue reading
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Tell The Truth
“The writer’s first job is not to have opinions but to tell the truth… and refuse to be an accomplice of lies and misinformation. Literature is the house of nuance and contrariness against the voices of simplification.” ~ Susan Sontag Continue reading
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If you worship money and things …
“If you worship money and things, if they are where you tap real meaning in life, then you will never have enough, never feel you have enough. It’s the truth. Worship your body and beauty and sexual allure and you will always feel ugly. And when time and age start showing, you will die a Continue reading
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Expression Of An Opinion
“The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if Continue reading
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All Truth
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer Continue reading
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What is
what is reality what is real what is fake what is true not even going to try and figure it out just crawl back into my niche and live Continue reading
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“Lawyers sometimes tell the truth. They’ll do anything to win a case.” ~Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher, 1748 – 1832 Continue reading
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Two Ways To Be Fooled
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard Continue reading
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Pondering Thought #19
half-baked truth[s], should be baked thoroughly through … then its the whole truth, and nothing but the truth … Continue reading
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“It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.” ~ Jerome K. Jerome
Jerome K. Jerome, Writer, Born: May 2, 1859 – Died: June 14, 1927 Continue reading
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Fear Of Truth
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 Continue reading
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Fact And Opinion
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. ~ Marcus Aurelius Continue reading
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Two Kinds Of Truth
There are two kinds of truths: truth of reasoning and truths of fact. Truths of reasoning are necessary and their opposite is impossible; those of fact are contingent and their opposite is possible. ~ Gottfried Leibniz Continue reading
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The Truth Is Simple
People expect Byzantine, Machiavellian logic from politicians. But the truth is simple. Trial lawyers learn a good rule: ‘Don’t decide what you have to decide.’ That’s not evasion, it’s wisdom. Mario Cuomo Continue reading
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“What worries you, masters you.” ~ John Locke
John Locke – Philosopher B: August 29, 1632 – D: October 28, 1704 Continue reading
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Wondering Evermore
out the door with the backpack containing only with the basics of necessities in order to find seek/ search/ and/or locate the meaning of truth that is does it truly exist or is it a figment of our collective imagination if so then can we say that the human race is living in a world Continue reading
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There are two ways to be fooled. ~ Soren Kierkegaard
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ~ Soren Kierkegaard, Philosopher – B: May 5, 1813 – D: November 11, 1855 Continue reading
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To be persuasive …. ~ Edward R. Murrow
“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.” ~ Edward R. Murrow (B: April 25, 1908 – D: April 27, 1965) Continue reading
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A Man Who Lies ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky
“A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and, in order to divert himself, having no love Continue reading
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Quote ~ Soren Kierkegaard
“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” – Soren Kierkegaard Continue reading
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Quote ~ Henry David Thoreau
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. ~Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Believe
One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up. -Arthur Koestler Continue reading
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George Orwell On Truth
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Grace Slick
When you learn that a truth is a lie, anger follows. -Grace Slick Continue reading
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William Hazlitt On Invented Falsehoods
The quote below, could be applied to not my so-called president. William Hazlitt – Critic, essayist, painter, philosopher Continue reading
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There Is A Lot Of Truth Re: The Quote Below
Most of the time, I’m guilty of doing it. Continue reading
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Monday Afternoon Quote
“A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.” – Aesop http://www.bquot.es/s/3714 Continue reading
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Thursday Evening Quote
“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 http://www.bquot.es/s/955 Continue reading
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Truth
“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.” – Aldous Huxley http://www.bquot.es/s/3156 Continue reading
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Aesop Quote
“A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.” Aesop http://www.bquot.es/s/3714 Continue reading
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Peace
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein http://www.bquot.es/s/39 Continue reading
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Wisdom
“There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, http://www.bquot.es/s/140 Continue reading
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Magic
“Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.” – Theodor Adorno, Continue reading
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Quote
“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.” -Bob Marley http://www.bq4android.com/android/quotes/getQuote.php?id=1561 Continue reading
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Computers
The computer brings out the worst in some people. Brian Eno Ain’t that the truth. Continue reading
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Doctrines
“Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it’s from Neptune.” -Noam Chomsky Continue reading
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A lie can …….
“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” – Mark Twain http://www.bq4android.com/android/quotes/getQuote.php?id=270 Continue reading
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Adult Truths
Found in the inbox. 23 ADULT TRUTHS 1. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is. 2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong. 3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when Continue reading
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Truth
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Winners
Only the winners decide what were war crimes. Garry Wills May 22, 1934- Author Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Language
I want a language that speaks the truth. Studs Terkel May 16, 1912-October 31, 2008 Actor, Author, Broadcaster, Historian Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Today’s Quote
A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth. Thomas Mann Continue reading
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Ignorance
I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth. — Molly Ivans Wisdom Quotes Continue reading
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Facts
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Truth
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After all, a homeless man …..
After all, a homeless man has reason to cry, everything in the world is against him. — Jack Kerouac Continue reading
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Truth
Socrates showed us that thinking the truth is not enough. Truth demands to be lived. –Americ Azevedo Continue reading
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Socrates
Socrates Keep this in mind the next time you are about to repeat a rumor or spread gossip. In ancient Greece (469 – 399 BC), Socrates was widely lauded for his wisdom. One day an acquaintance ran up to him excitedly and said, “Socrates, do you know what I just heard about Diogenes?” “Wait a Continue reading
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Reality
To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. — Thich Nhat Hanh Continue reading
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Sometimes people don’t want …
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Adult Realizations
From my email inbox: 1. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is. 2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong. 3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger. Continue reading
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There is a great deal of truth… – Mahatma Gandhi
There is a great deal of truth in the saying that man becomes what he eats. The grosser the food, the grosser the body. -Mahatma Gandhi Continue reading
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What is Reality? – Richard Rose
What is reality? We can only the truth by teaching ourselves to face the truth in all things. If we encourage our computer to come up with erroneous answers, because they are more desirable, then we are developing a computer that we may never be able to trust. Truth is that which Is. -Richard Rose Continue reading
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“Time is a created…” Lao Tzu
“Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to.” -Lao Tzu Continue reading
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“If you wish to see the truth… – Sosan
If you wish to see the truth Then hold no opinion for or against. The struggle of what one likes And what one dislikes Is the disease of the mind. –Sosan Continue reading
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Truth Does Not Reveal… – Shantidasa
Truth does not reveal itself in the chatter of conversation, nor can it be coaxed to betray its secrets upon a printed page. Truth speaks only in the deep stillness of silence. Shantidasa Continue reading
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