“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
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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 …
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 …
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
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
“The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.” ~ George Orwell
“Lawyers sometimes tell the truth. They’ll do anything to win a case.” ~Jeremy Bentham
Jeremy Bentham, Philosopher, 1748 – 1832
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
The secret of theory is that truth does not exist. ~Jean Baudrillard
Pondering Thought #19
half-baked truth[s], should be baked thoroughly through … then its the whole truth, and nothing but the truth …
“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
The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth. ~Albert Camus
Truth exists; only lies are invented. ~Georges Braque
Georges Braque, Painter, Born: May 13, 1882 – Died: August 31, 1963
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
“It is easier for the world to accept a simple lie than a complex truth.” ~ Alexis de Tocqueville
“I don’t think there is any truth. There are only points of view.” ~Allen Ginsberg
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
Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” ~Friedrich Nietzsche
“Two truths cannot contradict one another.” ~Galileo Galilei
“Who lies for you will lie against you.” ~ John Locke
Fact And Opinion
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. ~ Marcus Aurelius
“However much you deny the truth, the truth goes on existing.” ~ George Orwell
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. ~ Oscar Wilde
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
Truth is the cry of all, but the game of few. ~George Berkeley
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
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. – Charles Spurgeon
“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their illusions destroyed.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
“What worries you, masters you.” ~ John Locke
John Locke – Philosopher B: August 29, 1632 – D: October 28, 1704
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 …
Truth exists; only lies are invented. ~Georges Braque
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
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)
All perception of truth is the detection of an analogy. ~ Henry David Thoreau
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 …
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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
Quote ~ Henry David Thoreau
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. ~Henry David Thoreau
Believe
One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up. -Arthur Koestler
George Orwell On Truth
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Grace Slick
When you learn that a truth is a lie, anger follows. -Grace Slick
William Hazlitt On Invented Falsehoods
The quote below, could be applied to not my so-called president. William Hazlitt – Critic, essayist, painter, philosopher
There Is A Lot Of Truth Re: The Quote Below
Most of the time, I’m guilty of doing it.
A Lot Of Truth In This Quote
Monday Afternoon Quote
“A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.” – Aesop http://www.bquot.es/s/3714
Conquer Anger With Non-Anger – Buddha
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
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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
Aesop Quote
“A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.” Aesop http://www.bquot.es/s/3714
Peace
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein http://www.bquot.es/s/39
Wisdom
“There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, http://www.bquot.es/s/140
Magic
“Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.” – Theodor Adorno,
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“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
Computers
The computer brings out the worst in some people. Brian Eno Ain’t that the truth.
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
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
Questioning
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Three Things
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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 …
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Meditation
Winners
Only the winners decide what were war crimes. Garry Wills May 22, 1934- Author Quotes Wave
Language
I want a language that speaks the truth. Studs Terkel May 16, 1912-October 31, 2008 Actor, Author, Broadcaster, Historian Quotes Wave
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Three Things
Today’s Quote
A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth. Thomas Mann
Ignorance
I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth. — Molly Ivans Wisdom Quotes
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Facts
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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
Truth
Socrates showed us that thinking the truth is not enough. Truth demands to be lived. –Americ Azevedo
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 …
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
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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. …
It’s a basic truth… – Gregory House
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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
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
“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
“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
There Are Only Two Mistakes One Can Make…- Buddha
Inspirational Quote 11/29/12
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
A Pondering Mind 
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