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In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

 

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Myths which are believed in

 

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The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off.

 

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Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings.

 

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The fact that astronomies change while the stars abide is a true analogy of every realm of human life and thought, religion not least of all. No existent theology can be a final formulation of spiritual truth. The Living of These Days, 1956

 

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Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

 

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The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.

 

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The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

 

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Men rush to California and Australia as if the true gold were to be found in that direction; but that is to go to the very opposite extreme to where it lies. They go prospecting farther and farther away from the true lead, and are most unfortunate when they think themselves most successful.

 

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It takes two to speak truth -- one to speak and another to hear.

 

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It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship.

 

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Whosoever wishes to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details.
Knowledge is not intelligence.
In searching for the truth be ready for the unexpected.
Change alone is unchanging.
The same road goes both up and down.
The beginning of a circle is also its end.
Not I, but the world says it: all is one.
And yet everything comes in season.

 

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W]hen people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.

 

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A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

 

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Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.

 

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Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.

 

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The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic

 

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is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth.

 

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Unity without verity is no better than conspiracy.

 

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scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.