Quotes by Truth People think that a liar gains a victory over his victim. What I’ve learned is that a lie is an act of self-abdication, because one surrenders one’s reality to the person to whom one lies, making that person one’s master, condemning oneself from then on to faking the sort of reality that person’s view requires to be faked…The man who lies to the world, is the world’s slave from then on…There are no white lies, there is only the blackest of destruction, and a white lie is the blackest of all. Ayn Rand truth liars lying If the truth shall kill them, let them die. Ayn Rand words-of-wisdom truth death There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on matters of knowledge, of truth, of rational conviction. Ayn Rand truth integrity knowledge Truth is the recognition of reality; reason, man's only means of knowledge, is his only standard of truth. Ayn Rand truth mean knowledge Don't ever get angry at a man for stating the truth. Ayn Rand honesty anger truth A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its grasp of reality to anyone's orders, directives, or controls; it does not sacrifice its knowledge, its view of the truth, to anyone's opinions, threats, wishes, plans. Ayn Rand sacrifice truth knowledge It is futile to fight against, if one does not know what one is fighting for. Ayn Rand freedom truth peace Every form has its own meaning. Every man creates his meaning and form and goal. Why is it so important - what others have done? Why does it become sacred by the mere fact of not being your own? Why is anyone and everyone right - so long as it's not yourself? Why does the number of those others take the place of truth? Why is truth made a mere matter of arithmetic - and only of addition at that? Why is everything twisted out of all sense to fit everything else? There must be some reason. I don't know. I've never known it. I'd like to understand. Ayn Rand truth numbers men A rational process is a moral process. You may make an error at any step of it, with nothing to protect you but your own severity, or you may try to cheat, to fake the evidence and evade the effort of the quest - but if devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality, then there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking. Ayn Rand responsibility truth cheating The profoundest truth of war is that the issue of battle is usually decided in the minds of the opposing commanders, not in the bodies of their men. B. H. Liddell Hart power truth war I have seldom known a person who deserted the truth in trifles and then could be trusted in matters of importance. Babe Paley trust-issues truth matter A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity. Baltasar Gracian truth integrity lying Truth is for the minority. Baltasar Gracian truth-is minorities truth A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are. Baltasar Gracian never-forget truth men Lies always come first, dragging fools along by their irreparable vulgarity. Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of time. Baltasar Gracian lag truth time In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope. Barack Obama patriotic 4th-of-july truth You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth. Barack Obama african-american president truth Positivity opens us. The first core truth about positive emotions is that they open our hearts and our minds, making us more receptive and more creative. Barbara Fredrickson truth heart positive truth ... is the first casualty of tyranny. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison casualties truth firsts Gilbert has established herself as a straight-up storyteller who dares us into adventures of worldly discovery, and this novel stands as a winning next act. “The Signature of All Things” is a bracing homage to the many natures of genius and the inevitable progress of ideas, in a world that reveals its best truths to the uncommonly patient minds. Barbara Kingsolver truth winning adventure «1011121314151617181920»
