Alan Watts Quotes, Truth Quotes, Lying Quotes

Perhaps there is no other knowing than the mere competence of the act. If at the heart of one's being, there is no self to which one ought to be true, then sincerity is simply nerve; it lies in the unabashed vigor of the pretense. But pretense is only pretense when it is assumed that the act is not true to the agent. Find the agent.

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There's no God higher than truth.

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But say, my lord, it were not regist'red, Methinks the truth should live from age to age, As 'twere retailed to all posterity, Even to the general all-ending day.

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Every truth is self-acting and possesses inherent strength.

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Truth is mighty and will prevail. There is nothing wrong with this, except that it ain't so.

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So long as the priest, that professional negator, slanderer and poisoner of life, is regarded as a superior type of human being, there cannot be any answer to the question: What is Truth?

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Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

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For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.

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Nor seek, for this is also sooth, To hunger fiercely after truth, Lest all thy toiling only breeds New dreams, new dreams; there is no truth Saving in thine own heart.

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Tags : William Butler Yeats Quotes , Dream Quotes , Truth Quotes

The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation, and the credit of truth and honesty is as safe; nor have I any fear that a skeptical bias can be given by leaning hard on the sides of fate, of practical power, or of trade, which the doctrine of Faith cannot down-weigh.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Faith Quotes , Truth Quotes

But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.

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The truth comes as conqueror only because we have lost the art of receiving it as guest.

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There are three things that cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.

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Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

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Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Truth Quotes , Common Sense Quotes

My great religion is a belief in the blood, the flesh, as being wiser than the intellect. We can go wrong in our minds. But what our blood feels and believes and says, is always true. The intellect is only a bit and a bridle.

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Truth in spirit, not truth to the letter, is the true veracity.

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No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes.

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There's many a true word spoken in jest.

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O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the Devil!

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Duality is always secretly unity.

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