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  • Over immense periods of time the intellect produced nothing but errors. A few of these proved to be useful and helped to preserve the species: those who hit upon or inherited these had better luck in their struggle for themselves and their progeny. Such erroneous articles of faith... include the following: that there are things, substances, bodies; that a thing is what it appears to be; that our will is free; that what is good for me is also good in itself.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Truth Quotes , Struggle Quotes
  • 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 in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest forms of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal. And it all comes from lying - lying to others and to yourself.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes , Wisdom Quotes , Truth Quotes
  • The reason why any one refuses his assent to your opinion, or his aid to your benevolent design, is in you: he refuses to accept you as a bringer of truth, because, though you think you have it, he feels that you have it not. You have not given him the authentic sign.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Truth Quotes , Thinking 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.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Faith Quotes , Truth Quotes
  • It is only those who are in constant revolt that discover what is true, not the man who conforms, who follows some tradition. It is only when you are constantly inquiring, constantly observing, constantly learning, that you find truth, God, or love.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Jiddu Krishnamurti Quotes , Truth Quotes , Men Quotes
  • By this time, like one who had set out on his way by night, and travelled through a region of smooth or idle dreams, our history now arrives on the confines, where daylight and truth meet us with a clear dawn, representing to our view, though at a far distance, true colours and shapes.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : John Milton Quotes , Dream Quotes , Truth Quotes
  • We think there’s someplace other than here to get to—that’s what drives the whole pursuit. Only when the pursuit ceases, is it possible to recognize what comprises you: pure being, pure consciousness. This is actually the very substance of your own self and being.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adyashanti Quotes , Truth Quotes , Thinking Quotes